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–adjective

1.	various or diverse: sundry persons.

—Idiom

2.	all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually: Free samples were given to all and sundry.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE syndrig private, separate, equiv. to syndr- (mutated form of sundor asunder) + -ig -y¹; akin to sunder

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—Related forms

sun·dri·ly, adverb

sun·dri·ness, noun

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sun·dry Audio Help (sŭn'drē) Pronunciation Key
adj. Various; miscellaneous: a purse containing keys, wallet, and sundry items.

[Middle English sundri, from Old English syndrig, separate.]

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sundry

O.E. syndrig "separate, apart, special," related to sundor "separately" (see sunder). Phrase all and sundry first recorded 1389; sundries "odds and ends" is first found 1755.

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sundry
adjective
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted]

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