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miscellaneous |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: miscellaneous adj 1: constituting a grab-bag category; "the usual collection of miscellaneous expenses" 2: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "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}, {mixed}, {motley}, {sundry(a)}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: Miscellaneous =============== Hackers are more likely to have cats than dogs (in fact it is widely grokked that cats have the hacker nature). Many drive incredibly decrepit heaps and forget to wash them richer ones drive spiffy Porsches and RX-7s and then forget to have them washed. Almost all hackers have terribly bad handwriting, and often fall into the habit of block-printing everything like junior draftsmen.
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