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

Alston says, "The green herb—seeds and all—stinks intolerably of bugs"; and Hoffman admonishes, "Si largius sumptura fuerit semen non sine periculo e suâ sede et statu demovet, et qui sumpsere varia dictu pudenda blaterant."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

Olha do Bandá asilhas que se esmaltão Da varia cor, que pinta o rosco fruto, As aves, variadas, que aly saltão, Da verde Noz tomando seu tributo.

From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa

George Massee includes all four of these species in one composite species, which he names Badhamia varia.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Barred Owl: Strix varia varia Barton.—This is a local resident in eastern Kansas, in heavy woodland.

From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Richard F. Johnston

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 David Eugene Smith