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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
- Example: "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"
- Example: "assorted sizes"
- Example: "miscellaneous accessories"
- Example: "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"
- Example: "a motley crew"
- Example: "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
[syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)]

2. having many aspects;
- Example: "a many-sided subject"
- Example: "a multifaceted undertaking"
- Example: "multifarious interests"
- Example: "the multifarious noise of a great city"
- Example: "a miscellaneous crowd"
[syn: many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Miscellaneous \Mis`cel*la"ne*ous\, a. [L. miscellaneus mixed,
   miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See
   Mix, and cf. Miscellany.]
   Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse
   sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous
   collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." --Milton. --
   Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

miscellaneous
    adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
           "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted
           sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of
           baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry
           sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn:
           assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley,
           sundry(a)]
    2: having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted
       undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious
       noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many-
       sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious]