miscellanies
Collections of oddments
Miscellanies are collections of miscellaneous items—especially written works gathered in a single volume.
The term typically describes anthologies bringing together varied pieces: essays, poems, letters, or other writings by one or multiple authors.
His miscellanies included travel sketches, political commentary, and light verse.
The word has an old-fashioned, literary flavor.
Confused, disorderly mixture
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
- potpourriFragrant dried petal mixture
- salmagundiVaried mixture or dish
- gallimaufryConfused medley of things
jumble · melange · farrago · mishmash · motley · ragbag · grab bag · odds and ends
Gathered works assembled together
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
- treasuryStored organizational funds
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- analectsCompiled literary passages
reader · selections · extracts · digest · festschrift · chapbook · commonplace book · sampler
Consisting of dissimilar elements
- diverseOf many types
- multifariousHaving great variety
- manifoldMany and various
- sundryOf assorted kinds
variegated · kaleidoscopic · eclectic · wide-ranging · disparate · motley · assorted · mixed
hodgepodge
Confused, disorderly mixture
- medleyVaried mixture or blend
- potpourriFragrant dried petal mixture
- salmagundiVaried mixture or dish
gallimaufry · jumble · melange · farrago · mishmash · motley · ragbag · grab bag · odds and ends · bits and pieces
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- omnibusVolume of gathered writings
- treasuryStored organizational funds
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
analects · reader · selections · extracts · digest · festschrift · chapbook · commonplace book · sampler · album
heterogeneous
Consisting of dissimilar elements
- diverseOf many types
- multifariousHaving great variety
- manifoldMany and various
sundry · variegated · kaleidoscopic · eclectic · wide-ranging · disparate · motley · assorted · mixed · random
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
miscellaniesmonographs
Scholarly single-topic publications
treatises · dissertations · theses · technical manuals · textbooks