various

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Several different; more than one of various kinds.

   We discussed the problem for various reasons at the meeting.

2. 2
   adj

   Of many different kinds.

   The store sells goods of various sizes and colours.

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”). By surface analysis, vary + -ous.

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