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