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noun
- 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.
- 2007: Johnson set out to produce a , compiling and summarising the history of Shakespearean emendation and annotation " Michael Dobson, "For his Nose was as sharpe as a Pen", London Review of Books 29:9, p. 5
Etymology: From Latin Latin, variorum, genitive plural masculine of varius "various", in the phrase editio cum notis variorum "edition with various notes".
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