US /ˈdaɪvərz/ UK /ˈdaɪvəz/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    various; several (archaic or literary)

    He had visited divers cities in the course of his long travels.

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1 adj · various; several (archaic... variousseveralsundrynumerousmanifoldassorted
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Etymology

From Old French divers ('different, various'), from Latin diversus ('turned different ways, separate'), past participle of divertere ('to turn aside'), from dis- ('apart') + vertere ('to turn'). A doublet of diverse.

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