varyingn.
/ˈvɛːrɪɪŋ/ The action of the verb, in various senses.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > [noun]
wendingeOE
changing?c1225
stirringa1240
wrixlinga1240
changec1325
variancec1340
transmutationc1380
varyingc1380
whileness1382
translationc1384
alterationa1398
mutationa1398
removinga1425
revolutiona1425
shiftingc1440
changementc1450
muance1480
commutation1509
altry1527
transition1545
turning1548
novation1549
immutation?c1550
alterance1559
alienation1562
turn?1567
vicissitude1603
refraction1614
fermentationa1661
diabasis1672
parallax1677
motion1678
aliation1775
transience1946
the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]
unstablenessc1340
varyingc1380
uncertaintyc1384
brotelnessc1386
were1390
instabilityc1422
bricklenessa1425
changeability?a1425
changeableness1447
vertibility1447
mutability?a1475
variableness?a1475
inconstance1509
mutationa1542
fickleness1548
variety1548
unconstancy1563
mobility1567
unstability1572
vicissitude1576
variousness1607
inconstancy1613
slipperinessa1618
alterableness1633
versatilousness1640
bottomlessness1642
lability1651
brittlety1652
versatileness1654
fluctuancy1659
fugitivenessa1661
alterability1661
permutability1662
unfixedness1668
mutablenessa1677
flittingnessa1680
frailness1687
flittiness1692
versability1721
plasticity1727
variability1771
unestablishment1776
fluctuabilitya1786
changefulness1791
unsettledness1799
versatility1802
harlequinism1808
fluidity1824
fitfulness1825
sensitiveness1825
insubstantiality1848
contingency1858
rootlessness1859
shiftingness1866
ficklety1888
variancy1888
impredicability1906
proteanism1909
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun]
unsteadfastnessa1300
falsenessc1330
unstablenessc1380
varyingc1380
inconstancec1386
variance1390
geriness1412
instabilityc1422
changeability?a1425
mutabilitya1425
changec1425
changeableness1447
unconstancec1449
unstabilitya1470
mutableness1481
unsureness1481
instableness1483
variation1509
inconstancy1526
shittleness1530
fickleness1548
unconstancy1548
unconstantness1551
inconstantness?a1562
pliableness1562
fast and loose1575
volubility1603
levity1604
unconstability1611
flexibleness1623
vagrancy1642
self-inconsistency1655
inconsistency1665
flittingnessa1680
easiness1705
inconsistence1713
versatility1755
contrariety1762
vibration1785
changefulness1791
girouettism1825
pirouettism1839
weathercockism1843
pirouettiveness1844
volatileness1849
unfixity1856
ficklety1888
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [noun] > grammatical form > change of
varying1612
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a variant or variation
variance1497
vary1600
variousness1628
varying1628
variegation1668
modification1669
diversificationa1676
variation1699
variant1849
society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > action or practice of composing > varying from original text
varying1770
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 141 Here telliþ Crist to his Chirche how þer wille shulde be temprid for variynge of þer heed after his resureccioun.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9591 For that ye this othre day Supposed in me such variyng Whan it was told you of my wedding.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xlviii. 218 I chaunge to the tymes, to do away the variynges.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 284/1 Varyeng, chaungyng, muance.
1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. B.iv I gyue you good leue To chastyce her for her shreude varyeng.
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxi. 244 The Nowns haue so little varying or turning in them.
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 48 Sinne (sayth the Apostle..) Is a varying from the Law.
a1695 Marquis of Halifax Char. Charles II (1750) 69 Neither King nor People would now like just the original Constitution, without any varyings.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 237 The varying of proper names, may be owing to the fancy of some Author..[who] ordered them to be distinguished by different characters from the Text.
1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller (1845) ii. 97 Those careless felicities, those varyings from high to low.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. i. 26 Had my plighted vows..ever permitted me to entertain a thought of varying, or of defection.
1901 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. Varying, a vulgus done up to books. (obs.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
varyingadj.
/ˈvɛːrɪɪŋ/ 1.
a. That varies, in senses of the verb; tending to vary or change. †Also const. from.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]
slidinga900
wankleeOE
windyc1000
unsteadfastc1200
fleeting?c1225
loose?c1225
brotelc1315
unstablec1340
varyingc1340
variantc1374
motleyc1380
ungroundedc1380
muablea1393
passiblea1393
remuablea1393
changeablea1398
movablea1398
variablec1397
slidderya1400
ticklec1400
variantc1412
flitting1413
mutable?a1425
movingc1425
flaskisable1430
flickering1430
transmutablec1430
vertible1447
brittlea1450
ficklea1450
permutablec1450
unfirmc1450
uncertain1477
turnable1483
unsteadfast1483
vagrantc1522
inconstant1526
alterable?1531
stirringc1540
slippery1548
various1552
slid?1553
mutala1561
rolling1561
weathery1563
unconstant1568
interchangeable1574
fluctuant1575
stayless1575
transitive1575
voluble1575
changeling1577
queasy1579
desultory1581
huff-puff1582
unstaid1586
vagrant1586
changeful1590
floating1594
Protean1594
unstayed1594
swimming1596
anchorless1597
mobilec1600
ticklish1601
catching1603
labile1603
unrooted1604
quicksilvered1605
versatile1605
insubstantial1607
uncertain1609
brandling1611
rootless1611
squeasy1611
wind-changinga1616
insolid1618
ambulatory1625
versatilous1629
plastic1633
desultorious1637
unbottomed1641
fluid1642
fluent1648
yea-and-nay1648
versipellous1650
flexile1651
uncentred1652
variating1653
chequered1656
slideable1662
transchangeative1662
weathercock-like1663
flicketing1674
fluxa1677
lapsable1678
wanton1681
veering1684
upon the weathercock1702
contingent1703
unsettled?1726
fermentable1731
afloat1757
brickle1768
wavy1795
vagarious1798
unsettled1803
fitful1810
metamorphosical1811
undulating1815
tittupya1817
titubant1817
mutative1818
papier mâché1818
teetotum1819
vacillating1822
capricious1823
sensitive1828
quicksilvery1829
unengrafted1829
fluxionala1834
proteiform1833
liquid1835
tottlish1835
kaleidoscopic1846
versative1846
kaleidoscopical1858
tottery1861
choppy1865
variative1874
variational1879
wimbly-wambly1881
fluctuable1882
shifty1882
giveable1884
shifty1884
tippy1886
mutatory1890
upsettable1890
rocky1897
undulatory1897
streaky1898
tottly1905
tipply1906
up and down1907
inertialess1927
sometimey1946
rise-and-fall1950
switchable1961
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]
sunderlyeOE
manifoldeOE
selcoutha1000
felefoldc1000
mislichOE
alkinOE
manykinOE
fele-kync1175
serekina1300
sundera1325
sundrya1325
serea1340
divers1340
varyingc1340
variantc1380
muchfoldc1384
serelepesa1400
serelepya1400
multifaryc1460
sundryfoldc1460
multiplicate?a1475
variable?a1475
sundrilyc1480
diversea1542
particoloured1591
multifarious1593
Protean1594
daedal1596
choiceful1605
Daedalian1605
multiplex1606
variated1608
diversified1611
multiplicious1617
variousa1634
multivarious1636
mosaic1644
multiple1647
omnigenous1650
chequered1656
plurifarious1656
ununiform1660
variate1677
disuniform1687
Proteusian1689
unsteady1690
unequable1693
inequable1721
variegating1727
varied1733
multitudinous1744
multifold1806
polygeneous1818
unequalized1822
ruleless1836
varicoloured185.
non-uniform1856
omnigener1857
polytypic1858
multiferous1860
variatious1871
variegated1872
polytypical1890
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective]
unfastc888
unstathelfasteOE
unsteadfasta1200
fleeting?c1225
changeablea1275
ficklea1275
unstablec1290
waveringc1315
flickerc1325
loose in the haftc1325
motleyc1380
unsadc1384
variablea1387
variantc1386
ticklec1400
inconstant1402
flitting1413
brittle1420
plianta1425
mutablec1425
shittle1440
shittle-witted1448
moonishc1450
unconstant1483
unfirm1483
varying?a1500
pliablea1513
fluctuant1575
changeling1577
shittle-headed1580
cheverel1583
off and on1583
chameleon-like1589
changeful1590
limber1602
unsteady1604
ticklish1606
skittish1609
startling1619
labile1623
uncertaina1625
cheverelized1625
remuant1625
fluctuate1631
fluctuary1632
various1636
contrarious1643
epileptical1646
fluxilea1654
shittle-braineda1655
multivolent1656
totter-headed1662
on and off1668
self-inconsistent1678
weathercocka1680
whifflinga1680
versatile1682
veering1684
fast and loose1697
inconsistent1709
insteadfast1728
unfixing1810
unsteadied1814
chameleonic1821
labefact1874
ballastless1884
weathercocky1886
whiffle-minded1902
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1413 Þe life of þis world es ful unstable, And ful variand and chaungeable.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xcviii Þe apple tre is rounde diuers and varying fro oþer trees of wodes.
a1400–50 Alexander 4637 Of all þe frutis on þe fold we fange at oure will, Bath venyson & volatile & variand fisches.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2849 in Poems (1981) 105 With mynd Inconstant, fals, and wariand, Full off desait.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 163 Quhen Merche wes with variand windis past.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxvii. 48 Gif scho steidfast stand, And be not wariand, I am at hir command.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 171 He..with his varying child-nesse, cures in me Thoughts, that would thick my blood. View more context for this quotation
a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 85 I strive in vain, the varying Crimes to trace, Of this salacious and destructive Race.
1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 In fortune's varying colours drest.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 114 With a varying complexion, and timid air, [he] enquired for her mother.
1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 7 That scene of ampler majesty Than gems or gold, the varying roof of heaven.
1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 168 The varying amounts..excreted during equal periods by different persons.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 509 The struggle..went on throughout his reign with varying success.
b. spec. in Pathology.
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1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 476 Varying squint and ptosis are very common during the irritative and pressure stages.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 85 A couering of variand purpir tartar browdin with thrissillis and a vnicorne.
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 163 Thre elne and dimid. of varyande tartar.
3. varying hare n. a species of hare, inhabiting northern or elevated regions, the fur of which turns white in winter; the Alpine, blue, or mountain hare.The American varying hare ( Lepus americanus) is a variety of the Polar hare ( L. glacialis).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus timidus (arctic hare)
varying hare1781
blue hare1784
polar hare1792
Arctic hare1821
mountain hare1879
1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 370 Varying Hare.
1823 G. Crabb Technol. Dict. The varying Hare, Lepus variabilis, turns white in the Winter.
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 158 The Alpine or varying hare inhabits certain districts of our island, namely, the northern parts of Scotland.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 476/2 In those parts where the common hare does not occur, its place is taken by the varying or mountain hare (Lepus variabilis).
Derivatives
ˈvaryingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > [adverb]
inconstantly1549
changeably1567
changingly1580
variably?1591
fickle1596
unsettledlyc1598
mutably1611
changefully1615
up and down1643
veeringly1847
varyinglyc1862
kaleidoscopically1866
shiftily1878
modificationally1908
variationally1961
c1862 W. E. Gladstone Farewell Addr. Edinb. Univ. 19 In modes, and in degrees, varyingly perceptible to us.
1882 F. T. Palgrave in Grosart Spenser's Wks. IV. p. xxxv Spenser sees life..through more than one veil, always, though varyingly, conventional in character.
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