Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A miscellany, especially of literary works.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin, from neuter pl. of varius, various.]

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Examples

  • I'm so damn lazy and this word varia's got me so relaxed--see, this is literary miscellany.

    Varia The Daily Growler 2006

  • The old printed matters of the sixteenth century formed an extremely rare treasury; all the pieces, pamphlets, and placards on the reform of the Low Countries were kept together in a "varia" volume, thus constituting a unique ensemble.

    New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various

  • I don't even have to check the voting record varia

    Congressional Democrats think Americans can’t read… | RedState 2010

  • He doesn't need to go far to find his ingredients since Palma's Olivar food market is just around the corner, providing a sensory assault course with its halls filled with a bewildering variety of locally caught fish, kaleidoscopes of seasonal fruit and veg, plus charcuterie counters laden with piquant botifarron blood puddings and varia negra

    Mapping Mallorca 2010

  • He doesn't need to go far to find his ingredients since Palma's Olivar food market is just around the corner, providing a sensory assault course with its halls filled with a bewildering variety of locally caught fish, kaleidoscopes of seasonal fruit and veg, plus charcuterie counters laden with piquant botifarron blood puddings and varia negra

    Mapping Mallorca 2010

  • He doesn't need to go far to find his ingredients since Palma's Olivar food market is just around the corner, providing a sensory assault course with its halls filled with a bewildering variety of locally caught fish, kaleidoscopes of seasonal fruit and veg, plus charcuterie counters laden with piquant botifarron blood puddings and varia negra

    Mapping Mallorca 2010

  • Time to look busy Pubblicato 4/3/2009 Fuffa varia, Web Indexed » Time to look busy [...]

    Time to look busy. 2008

  • Lo poco que se sabe del mismo es que se ofrecen crédito por el rango de C$1,000 a C$5,000 a comerciantes mujeres urbanos bajo la metodología de Grupos solidarios y con tasas de interés subsidiadas que ronda el 4% anual con un périodo de gracia de varia de 2 a 6 meses según el monto prestado y que en su administración participan distintas organizaciones e instituciones del estado.

    Nicaragua Microloan Program Under Scrutiny 2008

  • Croce, “Aneddoti su re Ferdinando IV di Napoli,” in Aneddoti di varia letteratura, vol.

    Delizia! John Dickie 2008

  • Although slavery in its traditional form survives in many parts of the world, debt slavery of this kind, with varia - tions, is the most common form of servitude today ...

    The " S " Words-- Serfdom and Slavery 2007

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