versatilityn.

Brit.

/ˌvəːsəˈtɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌvərsəˈtɪlᵻdi/

Etymology: < French versatilité (= Italian versatilità , Spanish versatilidad , Portuguese -idade ), or directly < versatile adj. + -ity suffix.

1. The condition or quality in persons, their conduct, etc., of being changeable, fickle, or inconstant; tendency or liability to vary in opinion or action; variableness, inconstancy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun] > of persons

changeability?a1425

versatility1755

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

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Versatility, the quality of being versatile.

1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) I. xii. 71 This versatility and duplicity of the grande monde.

1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 324 To his holiness, whom they suspected of a versatility of character, which might soon lead him to relapse:..they answered [etc.].

1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 36 We are apt to condemn their versatility of principles, as arising from dishonest motives.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 213 Ashley's versatility was the effect, not of levity, but of deliberate selfishness.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. ii. 168 He might indeed dread the versatility of Henry's character, and his ready assent to the advice of flattering..counsellors.

a. The faculty or character of turning or being able to turn readily to a new subject or occupation, esp. of an intellectual nature; facility in taking up varied pursuits or tasks with some success or distinction; many-sidedness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility

volubility1579

ambidexterity1593

versatilousness1640

versatileness1654

versability1672

versatilitya1773

versatility1798

flexility1815

manysidedness1831

Crichtonism1854

multisidedness1903

omnicompetence1937

1798 R. Bisset Life E. Burke 210 Wedderburne [was] eminent for acuteness, versatility, and ingenuity.

1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xi. 266 His intelligence, his learning, above all, his versatility and freedom from prejudices of every kind.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1876) vi. §6. 325 It was with Italian versatility that he turned from the camp to the counting house.

1882 J. Sully in Mind No. 27. 366 In the scientific treatment of the subject..we shall make versatility synonymous with width of faculty, or diversity of capability in all its measures.

b. Const. of (wit, character, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility

volubility1579

ambidexterity1593

versatilousness1640

versatileness1654

versability1672

versatilitya1773

versatility1798

flexility1815

manysidedness1831

Crichtonism1854

multisidedness1903

omnicompetence1937

a1773 Ld. Chesterfield Char. Pitt (1777) 46 He..had such a versatility of wit, that he would adopt it to all sorts of conversation.

a1842 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 495 Cineas..was in the versatility and range of his talents worthy of the best ages of Greece.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. ii. 70 Not often indeed do the Oriental nations present us with an example of versatility of character.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 231 [Aristophanes] reminds us..still oftener of the splendid versatility of poetical genius..displayed by Goethe.

c. plural. Features or traits of versatile intellect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility > features or traits of

versatilities1841

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 411 A voluminous commentary expounded the morality of the ravishing versatilities of Ariosto.

3. Diversity of nature or character; variety of application, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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 world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun]

manifoldnesseOE

serenessa1300

diversityc1340

sundernessc1390

diversenessa1400

seretya1400

variancea1400

sundryhead?a1425

sundrinessa1450

variety1548

multivariety1601

diversifying1611

inconstancy1646

heterogeneity1651

variousness1651

heterogeneousness1662

variegation1668

multifariousness1684

miscellaneousness1727

miscellaneity1778

versatility1802

omnifariousness1806

motleyness1819

many-headedness1847

heterology1854

unhomogeneity1862

diversitude1870

variedness1897

polycentricity1915

inhomogeneity1916

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > ability to be useful in several ways

flexibility1783

versatility1802

adaptableness1833

adaptability1845

polychresty1889

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 339 The Huttonian system cannot boast of theories of equal versatility.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 332 The symptoms that principally mark the progress of this disease in all their versatility;..it is this versatility that has produced the chief differences of opinion that have been entertained concerning it.

1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue ix. 458 The Book of Proverbs abounds in examples of the versatility of the Hebrew and.

1879 R. W. Church Spenser 35 The inexhaustible versatility of the English tongue.

4. Capability of turning about as on a pivot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > swivelling or pivoting > ability

versatileness1654

versability1721

versatility1884

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 126 We have no case of true versatility of the hind toe among North American birds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	versatility
释义	versatilityn. Brit. /ˌvəːsəˈtɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌvərsəˈtɪlᵻdi/ Etymology: < French versatilité (= Italian versatilità , Spanish versatilidad , Portuguese -idade ), or directly < versatile adj. + -ity suffix. 1. The condition or quality in persons, their conduct, etc., of being changeable, fickle, or inconstant; tendency or liability to vary in opinion or action; variableness, inconstancy. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun] > of persons changeability?a1425 versatility1755 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 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Versatility, the quality of being versatile. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) I. xii. 71 This versatility and duplicity of the grande monde. 1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 324 To his holiness, whom they suspected of a versatility of character, which might soon lead him to relapse:..they answered [etc.]. 1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 36 We are apt to condemn their versatility of principles, as arising from dishonest motives. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 213 Ashley's versatility was the effect, not of levity, but of deliberate selfishness. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. ii. 168 He might indeed dread the versatility of Henry's character, and his ready assent to the advice of flattering..counsellors. 2. a. The faculty or character of turning or being able to turn readily to a new subject or occupation, esp. of an intellectual nature; facility in taking up varied pursuits or tasks with some success or distinction; many-sidedness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility volubility1579 ambidexterity1593 versatilousness1640 versatileness1654 versability1672 versatilitya1773 versatility1798 flexility1815 manysidedness1831 Crichtonism1854 multisidedness1903 omnicompetence1937 1798 R. Bisset Life E. Burke 210 Wedderburne [was] eminent for acuteness, versatility, and ingenuity. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xi. 266 His intelligence, his learning, above all, his versatility and freedom from prejudices of every kind. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1876) vi. §6. 325 It was with Italian versatility that he turned from the camp to the counting house. 1882 J. Sully in Mind No. 27. 366 In the scientific treatment of the subject..we shall make versatility synonymous with width of faculty, or diversity of capability in all its measures. b. Const. of (wit, character, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility volubility1579 ambidexterity1593 versatilousness1640 versatileness1654 versability1672 versatilitya1773 versatility1798 flexility1815 manysidedness1831 Crichtonism1854 multisidedness1903 omnicompetence1937 a1773 Ld. Chesterfield Char. Pitt (1777) 46 He..had such a versatility of wit, that he would adopt it to all sorts of conversation. a1842 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 495 Cineas..was in the versatility and range of his talents worthy of the best ages of Greece. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. ii. 70 Not often indeed do the Oriental nations present us with an example of versatility of character. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 231 [Aristophanes] reminds us..still oftener of the splendid versatility of poetical genius..displayed by Goethe. c. plural. Features or traits of versatile intellect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility > features or traits of versatilities1841 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 411 A voluminous commentary expounded the morality of the ravishing versatilities of Ariosto. 3. Diversity of nature or character; variety of application, etc. ΘΚΠ 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 world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] manifoldnesseOE serenessa1300 diversityc1340 sundernessc1390 diversenessa1400 seretya1400 variancea1400 sundryhead?a1425 sundrinessa1450 variety1548 multivariety1601 diversifying1611 inconstancy1646 heterogeneity1651 variousness1651 heterogeneousness1662 variegation1668 multifariousness1684 miscellaneousness1727 miscellaneity1778 versatility1802 omnifariousness1806 motleyness1819 many-headedness1847 heterology1854 unhomogeneity1862 diversitude1870 variedness1897 polycentricity1915 inhomogeneity1916 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > ability to be useful in several ways flexibility1783 versatility1802 adaptableness1833 adaptability1845 polychresty1889 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 339 The Huttonian system cannot boast of theories of equal versatility. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 332 The symptoms that principally mark the progress of this disease in all their versatility;..it is this versatility that has produced the chief differences of opinion that have been entertained concerning it. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue ix. 458 The Book of Proverbs abounds in examples of the versatility of the Hebrew and. 1879 R. W. Church Spenser 35 The inexhaustible versatility of the English tongue. 4. Capability of turning about as on a pivot. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > swivelling or pivoting > ability versatileness1654 versability1721 versatility1884 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 126 We have no case of true versatility of the hind toe among North American birds. 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