Dī-vēr'si-ty, n.

n. [Lat. diversitas, from diversus; Fr. diversité, Pr. diversitat, Sp. diversidad, It. diversità. See DIVERSE.] 1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. Not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. South. 2. Multiplicity of difference; variety. Roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains, And more diversity of sounds. Shak.

3. Distinctness or separateness of being; — opposed to identity. Locke.
4. Variegation. “Bright diversities of day.” Pope.