Di‐ver″si‐ty (?), n.; pl.Diversities (#). [F. diversité, L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.] 1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. South.
2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. “Diversity of sounds.” Shak. “Diversities of opinion.” Secker.
3. Variegation. “Bright diversities of day.” Pope.
Syn. — See Variety.