variedadj.

Brit.

/ˈvɛːrɪd/, U.S.

/ˈvɛrid/

Forms: Also 1500s Scottish warrit.

Etymology: < vary v.

1. Differing from one another; of different or various sorts or kinds.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > various, sundry, or several

diverse1297

several1509

changeable1535

distributary?1541

varied1594

omnimodous1627

various1637

omnifarious1653

omnimode1656

variegated1662

allogeneous1892

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 86 Where like a sweete mellodious bird it sung, Sweete varied notes inchaunting euerie eare.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 757 Varying in subiectes as the eye doth roule. To euery varied obiect in his glaunce.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 410 How shall We next o'er Earth and Seas pursue The vary'd Forms of ev'ry thing we view.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 268 The very birds and quadrupeds, which are more beautiful, and of species more varied, in islands than any where else.

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude x. 181 So varied, extensive and pervading are human distresses.

1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe ii. §76. 87 That astronomy is competent to explain the varied motions of the heavenly bodies.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 567 The art of adapting musical ideas to the varied capabilities of Stringed, Wind, Keyed, and other Instruments.

a. Marked by variation or variety; presenting different forms or qualities on this account.

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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

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 33 Observe..What other Planets, and what other Suns? What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry Star?

a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 195 Howe'er opinion tinge the varied mind.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 172 The sloping land..Displaying, on its varied side, the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 47 When I behold..this rich and varied land, with its castles, churches,..and fertile fields.

1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. iv. 67 The path she followed was like a varied but a pleasant life.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 252 Sketching the boat and her sails in their varied action.

b. poetic. Of the Deity or persons.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > many-sided or having parts > having various qualities or aspects (of persons)

miscellaneous1646

varied1730

polyhedral1881

1730 J. Thomson Hymn on Seasons in Seasons 231 These, as they change, Almighty Father! these, Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.

1761 C. Churchill Apol. 12 The varied actor flies from part to part.

3. Vari-coloured, variegated; esp. in the names of birds or animals.

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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

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted

spotteda1325

flecked1377

dappledc1400

maculous?a1425

mailedc1425

variant1502

garled1506

sparked1552

menil1611

marbled1629

ticked1688

varied1715

maculose1727

1578 Inv. in W. Hunter Biggar & House of Fleming (1862) xxvi. 332 Ane clok of blak dalmes w^t ane collat warrit w^t welnot [? read weluot].

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 225 Stiff with the rich embroider'd Work around, My vary'd Belt repell'd the flying Wound.

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 195 Varied Monkey.

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 413 Varied Squirrel..: upper part of the body varied with black, white, and brown.

1782 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 568 Varied Woodpecker.

1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. ii. 333 Senegal Flycatcher... Varied Flycatcher, with white eye-brows, and the outer tail-feathers half white.

1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 726/1 Varied Monkey (Cercopithecus Mona)—an African species.

1891 Cent. Dict. at Pickerel Varied pickerel, Esox americanus.

1891 Cent. Dict. at Thrush Varied thrush, the Oregon robin.

Compounds

varied-coloured, varied-winged adjs.

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