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adjective
1.
containing different versions of the text by various editors: a variorum edition of Shakespeare.
2.
containing many notes and commentaries by a number of scholars or critics: a variorum text of Cicero.
noun
3.
a variorum edition or text.
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Variorum
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Origin:
1720–30; short for Latin ēditiō cum notīs variōrum edition with the notes of various persons
1720–30; short for Latin ēditiō cum notīs variōrum edition with the notes of various persons
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Word Origin & History
variorum
1728, from L., gen. pl. masc. of varius (see vary), in phrase editio cum notis variorum "an edition (especially of the complete works of a classical author) with notes of various commentators or editors." Use with ref. to an edition of an author's works containing variant readings
EXPAND(1955) is "deplored by some scholars" [OED].
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