Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VA'RI-OUS, a. [L. varius. See Vary.]

1. Different; several; manifold;. as, men of various names and various occupations.
2. Changeable; uncertain; unfixed. The names of mixed modes—are very various and doubtful. Lodi.
3. Unlike each other;, diverse. Dryden. So many and so various laws are giv'n.
4. Variegated; diversified. Milton.