sundry

[suhn-dree]

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adjective

various or diverse: sundry persons.

Idioms

all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually: Free samples were given to all and sundry.

Origin of sundry

before 900; Middle English; Old English syndrig private, separate, equivalent to syndr- (mutated form of sundor asunder) + -ig -y¹; akin to sunder

Related formssun·dri·ly, adverbsun·dri·ness, noun

sundries

[suhn-dreez]

plural noun

sundry things or items, especially small, miscellaneous items of little value.Compare notion(def 6).

Origin of sundries

First recorded in 1805–15; noun plural use of sundry

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Related Words for sundry

various, assorted, different, manifold, many, several, some, varied, divers

Examples from the Web for sundry

Contemporary Examples of sundry

Again and again we were told by sundry Middle East experts that the wise mullahs had every interest in maintaining a stable Iraq.
Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran’s Problem.
Christopher Dickey
July 17, 2014
Her goal is not just the acquisition of knowledge on sundry subjects.
Barbara Ehrenreich Gives God a Going Over in Her New Book
Nick Romeo
April 19, 2014
For the past four decades and more, since he shot to fame in Easy Rider, he has been known to all and sundry simply as “Jack”.
Jack Nicholson Deserves a Better Biography Than This
Christopher Bray
October 31, 2013
They need to read tea-leaves, divine the intentions of all and sundry, and work their publics into a froth based on those efforts.
The Case For A Less-Guarded Optimism
Emily L. Hauser
July 30, 2013
The couturier famously traveled the world on scouting trips, looking to draw design inspiration from sundry cultures.
Paris' Sad Galliano Expo
Tracy McNicoll
June 21, 2011

Historical Examples of sundry

Faults of temper she may have had, and eke narrow prejudices on sundry points.
In the Valley
Harold Frederic
All around him he saw the prone bodies of his men, naked to the view of all and sundry.
Slaves of Mercury
Nat Schachner
It is the custom of the Asiatics, you know, to invite all and sundry to a wedding.
A Hero of Our Time
M. Y. Lermontov
The monster was minded of mankind now sundry to seize in the stately house.
Beowulf
Anonymous
The stuffing is of fern, feathers, mounga, and sundry other matters.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)
William Delisle Hay

British Dictionary definitions for sundry

sundry

determiner

several or various; miscellaneous

pronoun

all and sundry all the various people, individually and collectively

noun plural -dries

(plural) miscellaneous unspecified items

also called: extra Australian cricket a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye

Word Origin for sundry

Old English syndrig separate; related to Old High German suntarīg; see sunder, -y 1

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Word Origin and History for sundry

adj.

Old English syndrig "separate, apart, special," related to sundor "separately" (see sunder). Phrase all and sundry first recorded 1389; sundries "odds and ends" is first found 1755.

sundries

1755, plural of sundry (adj.) used as a noun.

Idioms and Phrases with sundry

sundry

see all and sundry.