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   miscellaneous

   /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources: "he picked up the miscellaneous papers in his in tray"
   • ▪ (of a collection or group) composed of members or elements of different kinds: "a miscellaneous collection of well-known ne'er-do-wells"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin miscellaneus (from miscellus ‘mixed’, from miscere ‘to mix’) + -ous. In earlier use the word also described a person as ‘having various qualities’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. miscellaneously adverb
   • 2. miscellaneousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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