variorum

American  

[vair-ee-awr-uhm, -ohr-] / ˌvɛər iˈɔr əm, -ˈoʊr- /

adjective

1. containing different versions of the text by various editors.

   a variorum edition of Shakespeare.

2. containing many notes and commentaries by a number of scholars or critics.

   a variorum text of Cicero.

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noun

1. a variorum edition or text.

variorum British  

/ ˌvɛərɪˈɔːrəm /

adjective

1. containing notes by various scholars or critics or various versions of the text

   a variorum edition

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noun

1. an edition or text of this kind

Etymology

Origin of variorum

1720–30; short for Latin ēditiō cum notīs variōrum edition with the notes of various persons

Example Sentences

Certainly there have been closer examinations of Shakespeare's "motiveless malignity" and comic imagery; there are variorum editions that more thoroughly note corruptions of the text from the First Folio onward.

From Time Magazine Archive

With Notes variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

The reader will find several allusions to this custom in the variorum edition of Shakspeare, K. Henry IV. part 2.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

Of these editions the most important was the 1727 variorum edition of Burman already referred to.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

It is alluded to by Shakespeare, and was contributed to the variorum edition by Blakeway.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)