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ˈvariousness
[f. various a. + -ness.]
†1. Changeableness, inconstancy, variability. Obs.
1607Daniel Cleopatra Wks. (Grosart) III. 9 A Roman hath but here a Roman quayld, And onely but by Fortune's variousnes. 1647Sir C. Cotterell tr. Davila's Hist. Fr. I. 22 The Prince had in the war proved the variousnesse of fortune.
†2. Difference, variance. Obs.
1628T. Spencer Logick 68 This space is the varietie, or variousnes that is betweene seuerall, and distinct arguments. a1653Gouge Comm. Heb. xiii. 9 Here the plural number is used, which implieth a variousness and disagreement in false Doctrines.
3. Variety of character or nature; varied condition or quality.
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋98 The variousnesse..of..every single and particular form of the Individuall. 1653W. Blithe Engl. Improver Impr. 55 And a good experienced Millwright..is well able to regulate them..to the incomming of the Tide, or out-going of the Floods, as the variousness of opportunities will require. 1834Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXVI. 543 His waking thoughts had all the vividness of visions, all the variousness of dreams. 1845Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 39 Unimaginable space..Faileth to match His boundless variousness. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iv. (1875) 163 The religious life is at bottom everywhere alike; but it is curious to note the variousness of its setting. |