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Variorum

Definitions: Variorum

Variorum

Adjective

1. Containing various versions of a text of notes by various scholars; "a variorum edition".

Noun

1. An edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "variorum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Etymology: Variorum \Va`ri*o"rum\, adjective. [Latin expression, abbrev. from cum notis variorum with notes of various persons.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Variorum

Synonym: variorum edition (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Variorum

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Compendium

Adjective: compendious, synoptic, analectic; abrege, abridged; Verb: variorum.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Variorum

English words defined with "variorum": variorum edition. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Variorum

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Variorum Commentary On the Poems of John Milton (reference)

  • A Variorum Edition of Tennysons Idylls of the King (reference)

  • King Lear: The New Variorum Edition (Dover Books on Literature and Drama) (reference)

  • The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward Fitzgerald (7 Volumes) (reference)

  • The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Variorum

"Variorum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Variorum" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Variorum

Expression using "variorum": variorum edition. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Variorum

Language Translations for "variorum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

различни варианти на един текст. (various references)

   

Danish

  

variantudgave (variorum edition). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitgave van klassieke schrijvers (variorum edition). (various references)

   

French

  

édition variorum (variorum edition). (various references)

   

German

  

Ausgabe variorum (variorum edition). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έκδοση με σχόλια πολλών σχολιαστών, περιέχων σχόλια διάφορων σχολιαστών, αναφερόμενοσ σε σχόλια. (various references)

   

Italian

  

edizione variorum (variorum edition). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

集註 , 集注 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しっちゅう, しゅうちゅう (concentration, focusing the mind). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ariorumvay

   

Portuguese

  

edição variorum (variorum edition). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

edición variorum (variorum edition). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

değişik sayılardan derlenmiş baskı (variorum edition). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sách có chú giải của nhiều nh bình luận. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Variorum

Derivations

Words beginning with "variorum": variorums. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Variorum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aliorum, Amicorum, Asinorum, Maiorum, Rariorum, vitrearum. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Variorum"

Words rhyming with "variorum" (pronounced 'Va`ri*o"rum'): arum, Aurum, forum, Garum, indecorum, jorum, Quorum, serum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Variorum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-m-o-r-r-u-v"

-2 letters: armour, ourari.

-3 letters: amour, armor, miaou, moira, murra, rumor, urari.

-4 letters: amir, arum, arvo, mair, mora, mura, murr, orra, ovum, rami, roam, roar, vair.

-5 letters: aim, air, ami, amu, arm, avo, mar, mir, moa, mor, oar, ora, our, ova, ram, ria, rim, rom, rum, var, vau, via, vim.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-m-o-r-r-u-v"
 

+1 letter: variorums.

 

+4 letters: overmaturity.

 

+5 letters: graminivorous, microvascular, paramyxovirus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Variorum


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 61 72 69 6F 72 75 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...-    .-    .-.    ..    ---    .-.    ..-    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01100001 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110010 01110101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#97 &#114 &#105 &#111 &#114 &#117 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0061 0072 0069 006F 0072 0075 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5667847581848779

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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