variorum
/vɛːɹɪˈɔːɹəm/noun
variorum is a noun meaning “An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes and readings of a variety of different editors…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-R-I-O-R-U-M, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of variorum is variorums or variora.
What does variorum mean?
noun
- 1
An edition of a written work (especially the complete works of a classical writer) showing the notes and readings of a variety of different editors or commentators.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce variorum?
- /vɛːɹɪˈɔːɹəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of variorum
- variorums plural
- variora plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is variorum?
Variorum appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does variorum come from?
From Latin variōrum, genitive plural masculine of varius (“various”), in the phrase editio cum notis variorum (“edition with various notes”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).