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variorum definition

vario·rum (ver′ē ôr′əm, var′-)

noun

  1. an edition or text, as of a literary work, containing notes by various editors, scholars, etc.
  2. an edition of a work containing variant versions of the text

Etymology: L, of various (scholars), gen. pl. of varius: see various

adjective

of such an edition or text

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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