varletesst (varletes)

[ Congreve, Semele, 1. 1. varletry (vär'let-ri), n. [ Dukes of the most modern Austria have all of them at various times borne rule over the whole or part of the older Austria of Lombardy. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 5. 3. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable; unfixed. My comfort is that their [men's] judgment is too weak to endanger you, since by this it confe es that it mistakes you, in thinking you irresolved or various. Donne, Letters, xc. The servile suitors watch her various face, She smiles preferment, or she frowns disgrace. Sheridan, The Rivals, Epil. 4. Exhibiting different characters; variform; diversiform; multiform. A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden, Abs. and Achit., i. 545. 5. Having a diversity of features; not uniform or monotonous; diversified. My grandfather was of a various life, beginning first at court, where, after he had spent most part of his means, he became a soldier, and made his fortune with his sword at the siege of St. Quintens in France and other wars. Lord Herbert of Cherbury , Life (ed. Howells), p. 24. A happy rural seat of various view. Milton , P. L., iv. 247. A various host they came - whose ranks display Each mode in which the warrior meets the fight. Scott , Vision of Don Roderick, The Vision, st. 57. It is a common belief that Mr. Webster was a various reader; and I think it is true. R. Choate , Addre es, p. 235. variously (vā'ri-us-li), adv . In various or different ways; diversely; multifariously. variousne (vā'ri-us-nes), n. The character or state of being various; variety; multi far i ousne .