English-Thai Dictionary

miscellaneous

ADJ เบ็ดเตล็ด  ผสม ปนเป กัน  คละเคล้า กัน  ต่างๆ  นานา  various mixed varied unvaried bed-tra-led

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISCELLANEOUS

a.[L. miscellaneus, from misceo, to mix. ] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several kinds; as a miscellaneous publication; a miscellaneous rabble.

 

MISCELLANEOUSNESS

n.The state of being mixed; composition of various kinds.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MISCELLANEOUS

Mis `cel *la "ne *ous, a. Etym: [L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Miscellany. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

miscellaneous

mis cel la ne ous |ˌmisəˈlānēəs ˈˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs | ▶adjective (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. DERIVATIVES mis cel la ne ous ly adverb, mis cel la ne ous ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin miscellaneus (from miscellus ‘mixed, ’ from miscere ‘to mix ’) + -ous. In earlier use the word also described a person as ‘having various qualities. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

miscellaneous

miscellaneous |ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs | ▶adjective (of items or people gathered or considered together ) of various types or from different sources: he picked up the miscellaneous papers in his in tray. • (of a collection or group ) composed of members or elements of different kinds: a miscellaneous collection of well-known ne'er-do-wells. DERIVATIVES miscellaneously adverb, miscellaneousness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin miscellaneus (from miscellus ‘mixed ’, from miscere ‘to mix ’) + -ous. In earlier use the word also described a person as ‘having various qualities ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

miscellaneous

miscellaneous adjective he does miscellaneous jobs around the studio: various, varied, different, assorted, mixed, sundry, diverse, disparate; diversified, motley, multifarious, ragtag, heterogeneous, eclectic, odd; literary divers.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

miscellaneous

miscellaneous adjective a variety of miscellaneous tasks: various, varied, different, assorted, mixed, diverse, disparate, sundry, many and different, variegated, diversified, motley, multifarious, jumbled, confused, indiscriminate, heterogeneous; literary divers; rare farraginous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

miscellaneous

mis cel la ne ous /mɪ̀səléɪniəs /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗多種多様の, まぜこぜの ; 多方面にわたる, その他の ▸ miscellaneous expenses 雑費 ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞