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modish(dictionary)

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various (iou)



various adjective & adverb. LME.
[from Latin varius changing, diverse, variegated: see -OUS.]
A. adjective.
I.
Varied in colour; varicoloured, variegated. Chiefly poet. LME.
W. Wilkie With flow'rs of gold and various plumage crown'd.
Characterized by variation or variety of attributes or properties; having or showing (several) different characters or qualities; varied in Nature or character. LME.
D. Lardner The velocity of rivers is very various. New Scientist Pigs and sheep generally are..hybrids,..though sheep are still various.
b. Causing variation or difference. Only in M17.
Exhibiting variety or versatility in knowledge, works, interests, or capabilities. Long rare. E17.
Daily Telegraph The heir to the throne..is a rather various fellow.
Of varied appearance; presenting different aspects at different times or places. M17.
Milton The Earth outstretcht immense, a prospect wide And various.
Exhibiting variety of subject or topic; concerned with many different subjects or themes. L17.
Thackeray One whose conversation was so various, easy, and delightful.
Displaying or including a variety of people or objects. M18.
B. Head A various assortment of dried leaves..and berries.
II. Subject to variation or change; variable, changing. M16-L18.
M. Hale Discoveries which make evident this various state of the Globe.
b. Going in different directions. rare. E17-E18.
c. Marked by changes of fortune. rare. Only in M18.
Of a person: changeable in character; inconstant, fickle. Also, changeable or vacillatory in opinions or views. M17-E19.
Swift Various in his Nature, and..under the power of the present persuader.
III.
a. With pl. noun. Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts. Passing into sense A.10. M16.
B. W. Aldiss Some speak out for various religions. Scientific American A planned succession of various crops..on one field.
b. With sing. noun Distinct, particular, different, individual. Freq. preceded by each or every. E18.
various reading a variant reading in a version of a text.
Longfellow Each pursued The promptings of his various mood.
In weakened sense: several, many, more than one. L17.
C. Dexter For various reasons the pair..had never..considered having children. A. Thwaite He and Edmund were to work..on various projects. I. Colegate The opinions of various people who had known him.
b. adverb. Variously. Usu. in comb., as various-coloured, various-priced, etc. Chiefly poet. M17.

modish (oh)



old-fashioned modish ideas, designs etc are modern and fashionable
-- modishly adv