Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.