variety
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/]
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1. variety (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A deviation or difference.
Example: The difference, therefore, in theſe animals, ariſes rather from their habits than their confirmation; and, upon examination, there will be leſs variety found betvween them than between birds that live upon land, and thoſe that ſwim upon the water.
2. variety (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A specific variation of something.
Example: The ſpirit of that competition burns / With all varieties of ill by turns, / Each vainly magnifies his own ſucceſs, / Reſents his fellows, wiſhes it were leſs, […]
3. variety (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A specific variation of something.: An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
Example: Many more ſorts of varieties of theſe kindes [of Aconitum anthora] there are, but theſe onely, as the moſt ſpecious, are nourſed vp in Floriſts Gardens for pleaſure; the other are kept by ſuch as are Catholicke obſeruers of all natures ſtore.
Structure of the word
Roots:- h₁weh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
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