variorum
Americanadjective
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containing different versions of the text by various editors.
a variorum edition of Shakespeare.
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containing many notes and commentaries by a number of scholars or critics.
a variorum text of Cicero.
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of variorum
1720–30; short for Latin ēditiō cum notīs variōrum edition with the notes of various persons
Example Sentences
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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
I have read Burman's variorum edition with particular attention, and have often restored readings favoured by Heinsius to the text.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
But he ought to know that the grosser parts of that poem were added by later hands, as may be seen at a glance in any variorum edition.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
The complete poem was intended to appear with an elaborate mock commentary by Scriblerus, explaining some of the allusions, and with "proeme, prolegomena, testimonia scriptorum, index auctorum, and notæ variorum."
From Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
But, after all, a translator with a new variorum and a wealth of critical material at hand cannot go far wrong in point of mere translation.
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown
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