miscellaneous
adjective
[ ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs ]
• (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"
Similar:
various,
varied,
different,
assorted,
mixed,
diverse,
disparate,
sundry,
many and different,
variegated,
diversified,
motley,
multifarious,
jumbled,
confused,
indiscriminate,
heterogeneous,
divers,
farraginous,
Origin:
early 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’.
