SUNDRY

assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry

(adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; “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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

sundry

(obsolete) Separate; distinct; diverse.

(obsolete) Individual; one for each.

Several; diverse; more than one or two; various.

Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.

Synonyms

• (separate): detached, loose; See also separate

• (one for each): individual, personal, single

• (more than one or two): diverse, various; See also heterogeneous

• (consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds): See also assorted

Noun

sundry (plural sundries)

(usually, in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item.

(in the plural, accounting) A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.

(usually, in the plural, cricket, chiefly, Australia) An extra.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sun"dry, a. Etym: [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr. sundor asunder. See Sunder, v. t.]

1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. "Sundry wines." Chaucer. "Sundry weighty reasons." Shak. With many a sound of sundry melody. Chaucer. Sundry foes the rural realm surround. Dryden.

2. Separate; diverse. [Obs.] Every church almost had the Bible of a sundry translation. Coleridge. All and sundry, all collectively, and each separately.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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