varia

American  

[vair-ee-uh] / ˈvɛər i ə /

plural noun

1. miscellaneous items, especially a miscellany of literary works.

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varia British  

/ ˈvɛərɪə /

plural noun

1. a collection or miscellany, esp of literary works

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Etymology

Origin of varia

1925–30; < New Latin, Latin, neuter plural of varius various

Example Sentences

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varia

The great Leibnitz, who was himself a lover of his varia eruditio, applied a line of Virgil to Bayle, characterising his luminous and elevated genius:— Sub pedibusque videt nubes et sidera Daphnis.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

“Euterpe soboles hoc est emblemata varia, &c.” with stanzas in Latin and German to each print.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

He wrote several works on mathematics, his Opuscula varia appearing about 1490, probably at Strasburg, but published without date or place.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

Lacerta varia, White, Journal of a Voyage to New Holland, 253, t.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker

Holcus, Airoides, etc. not being found, but Panica varia, and Rottboellia which ceases above this.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William