Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous , adjective

[Latin miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, from miscellus mixed, from miscere to mix. See Mix, and compare Miscellany.]

Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection.
A miscellaneous rabble. — Milton