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Meaning of miscellanea | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə

Definitions

A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.

Equivalents

Français miscellanea
Italiano miscellanea

Examples

“Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls.”
“Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “The Outlook for Prosperity,” […]”
“Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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