VARIOUS

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, probably from Medieval Latin *variosus, from Latin varius Date: 15th century variable , inconstant , varicolored , 3. of differing kinds ; multifarious , dissimilar in nature or form ; unlike , having a number of different aspects or characteristics , of an indefinite number greater than one , individual , separate , see: different ~ness noun II. pronoun, plural in construction Date: 1877 an indefinite number of separate individuals greater than one