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Miscellany and miscellanea

I am confused by "miscellany" and "miscellanea". "Miscellanea" is plural, yet "miscellany" already refers to a collection of unrelated things. Is "miscellanea" is collection of collections? For example, poets might publish collections of poems that didn't fit into other their other collections. Each book would be an instance of a "miscellany". A book store might group all of these books under "miscellanea".
Also, what is the difference between "miscellanies" and "miscellanea"?

Thanks for any help on this,
Noah
  

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[nq:1]I am confused by "miscellany" and "miscellanea". "Miscellanea" is plural, yet "miscellany" already refers to a collection of unrelated things. [/nq] Other way around: Miscellanea are the items collected in a miscellany.

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  • [nq:1]I am confused by "miscellany" and "miscellanea".
  • "Miscellanea" is plural, yet "miscellany" already refers to a collection of unrelated things.
  • [/nq] Other way around: Miscellanea are the items collected in a miscellany.
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[nq:1]I am confused by "miscellany" and "miscellanea". "Miscellanea" is plural, yet "miscellany" already refers to a collection of unrelated things. Is "miscellanea" is collection of collections?[/nq]
Other way around: Miscellanea are the items collected in a miscellany.

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