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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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "miscellaneous": amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted, blended, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, dappled, different, disparate, divergent, divers, diverse, diversified, eclectic, equivocal, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, intricate, ironic, jumbled, manifold, many, many-sided, medley, mingled, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multifarious, multiform, multinational, multiplex, multiracial, odd, patchy, pluralistic, promiscuous, scrambled, sundry, syncretic, thrown together, unsorted, varied, various, varying