Va"ri*ous (?), a. [L. varius. Cf. Vair.] 1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given.
Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild.
Byron. 2. Changeable; uncertain;
inconstant; variable. A man so various, that he seemed to be
Not one,
but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
The names of mixed modes . . . are very various. Locke.
3. Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural
seat of various view.
Milton.
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