Di*ver"si*ty (?), n.;
pl. Diversities (#). [F.
diversité, L. diversitas, fr.
diversus. See Diverse.]
1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a
bare diversity, rise into a contrariety.
South. 2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds."
Shak. "Diversities of opinion." Secker.
3.
Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." Pope.
Syn. -- See Variety.