Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Desiring strife.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Desiring different things.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Desiring different things.

Etymologies

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Latin diversus diverse + volens, -entis, present participle of velle to wish.

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Examples

  • Your diversivolent lawyer, mark him! knaves turn informers, as maggots turn to flies, you may catch gudgeons with either.

    The White Devil 2007

  • Your diversivolent lawyer, mark him! knaves turn informers, as maggots turn to flies, you may catch gudgeons with either.

    The White Devil 2007

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