Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DI-VERS'I-TY, n. [L. diversitas; Fr. diversité; from L. diversus, diverto.]

1. Difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. There may be diversity without contrariety. There is a great diversity in human constitutions.
2. Variety; as, a diversity of ceremonies in churches.
3. Distinct being, as opposed to identity. – Locke.
4. Variegation. Blushing in bright diversities of day. – Pope.