variousnessn.
/ˈvɛːrɪəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈvɛriəsnəs/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
1607 S. Daniel Trag. Cleopatra in Wks. (Grosart) III. 9 A Roman hath but here a Roman quayld, And onely but by Fortune's variousnes.
1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 22 This Prince had in the war proved the variousnesse of fortune.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun]
diversitya1340
difference1340
variancec1374
distancea1382
unlikenessa1387
variationc1405
discrepation?a1425
distinction1435
severaltyc1449
unlikelinessc1450
dissemblance1463
unlikelihood1483
alteritya1500
indifferencec1503
discrepancea1522
dissimilitude1532
differency1542
variety1552
discernment1570
disparitya1575
discrepancy1579
otherness1587
discernance1592
imparity1608
disanalogy1610
disresemblance1622
dislikeness1623
diff1624
inconformity1625
irresemblance1628
variousness1628
odds1642
disparation1654
aliety1656
disparility1656
disparateness1659
severality1664
nonconformity1672
unconformableness1712
dissimilarity1715
differentness1727
differ1787
allogeneitya1834
otherwiseness1890
otherliness1937
diversion-
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a variant or variation
variance1497
vary1600
variousness1628
varying1628
variegation1668
modification1669
diversificationa1676
variation1699
variant1849
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 68 This space is the varietie, or variousnes that is betweene seuerall, and distinct arguments.
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 9) iv. 87 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.
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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
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋98 The variousnesse..of..every single and particular form of the Individuall.
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 54 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.
1834 Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 36 543 His waking thoughts had all the vividness of visions, all the variousness of dreams.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 39 Unimaginable space..Faileth to match His boundless variousness.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iv. 137 The religious life is at bottom everywhere alike; but it is curious to note the variousness of its setting.
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