sundry
sundry Lexical Profile
sundry Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Of various kinds; several and miscellaneous.
"The attic was filled with old books, vintage suitcases, and sundry other keepsakes collected over the decades."
• noun
Various small items or minor expenses not important enough to be mentioned or listed individually (usually used in the plural 'sundries').
"The hotel gift shop sells newspapers, toiletries, snacks, and other travel sundries."
Australian In cricket, an extra run scored by means other than the striker hitting the ball with the bat, such as a bye, leg bye, wide, or no-ball.
"Wayward bowling contributed twenty-two sundries to the visiting team's first-innings total."
Word Nuance & Usage
Most commonly encountered today in the fixed idiom 'all and sundry' (meaning 'everyone without exception') or in the plural noun 'sundries' to refer to miscellaneous small household items or minor accounting expenses.
• Rhymes for sundry
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'syndrig', meaning 'separate, distinct, or special', derived from 'sundor' ('apart, asunder') and sharing the same Germanic root as the verb 'sunder'.