multivariousadj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌltɪˈvɛːrɪəs/, U.S.

/ˌməltiˈvɛriəs/; see also multi- comb. form.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, various adj.

Etymology: < multi- comb. form + various adj.; in quot. 1636 used as literal equivalent of ancient Greek πολυποίκιλος ‘much-variegated, manifold’ (Liddell & Scott), used in Ephesians 3:10 to describe the wisdom of God. Compare earlier omnivarious adj. at omni- comb. form and multivariety n.Post-classical Latin multivarius is apparently found in a ?6th-cent. patristic writer, but this may be an error for multifarius (see multifarious adj.).

Varied or diverse in appearance, character, etc.; having many and various forms.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]

sunderlyeOE

manifoldeOE

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felefoldc1000

mislichOE

alkinOE

manykinOE

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1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica vi. 69 That manifold, or (to make a new compound to translate a compound), in the Originall multivarious wisedome [πολυποίκιλος Eph. 3:10].

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 24 God in Scripture, by frequent, pregnant, and multivarious expressions, hath so vindicated to himselfe the making and constituting of Kings [etc.].

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Proclus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 293 From..One Supreme Deity altogether proceeds the Genesis of the Multivarious Matter.

1832 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 244 Multitudinous and multivarious beasts of prey.

1903 Academy 31 Oct. 462/1 Multi-various gossip about the London localities he knew best.

1966 tr. L. M. Ozernoj in Astron. Žurnal 43 301 A quasistationary configuration-magnetoid is considered for the construction of an idealized scheme of multivarious phenomena occurring in galactic nuclei.

1993 A. Rich What is found There xxiii. 203 I had been taking in the multivarious shadings of human life in the American landscape.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	multivarious
释义	multivariousadj. Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈvɛːrɪəs/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈvɛriəs/; see also multi- comb. form. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, various adj. Etymology: < multi- comb. form + various adj.; in quot. 1636 used as literal equivalent of ancient Greek πολυποίκιλος ‘much-variegated, manifold’ (Liddell & Scott), used in Ephesians 3:10 to describe the wisdom of God. Compare earlier omnivarious adj. at omni- comb. form and multivariety n.Post-classical Latin multivarius is apparently found in a ?6th-cent. patristic writer, but this may be an error for multifarius (see multifarious adj.). Varied or diverse in appearance, character, etc.; having many and various forms. ΘΚΠ 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 1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica vi. 69 That manifold, or (to make a new compound to translate a compound), in the Originall multivarious wisedome [πολυποίκιλος Eph. 3:10]. 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 24 God in Scripture, by frequent, pregnant, and multivarious expressions, hath so vindicated to himselfe the making and constituting of Kings [etc.]. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Proclus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 293 From..One Supreme Deity altogether proceeds the Genesis of the Multivarious Matter. 1832 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 244 Multitudinous and multivarious beasts of prey. 1903 Academy 31 Oct. 462/1 Multi-various gossip about the London localities he knew best. 1966 tr. L. M. Ozernoj in Astron. Žurnal 43 301 A quasistationary configuration-magnetoid is considered for the construction of an idealized scheme of multivarious phenomena occurring in galactic nuclei. 1993 A. Rich What is found There xxiii. 203 I had been taking in the multivarious shadings of human life in the American landscape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1636
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