diversivolent

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adjective

Desiring difference or argument.

OriginLatin diversus →
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Meanings

adjectivediversivolent (comparative more diversivolent, superlative most diversivolent)

comparative more diversivolent · superlative most diversivolent

  1. obsoleterareDesiring difference or argument.

    […] in such contemptuous and diversivolent language[…]

    1648, Mercurius Pragmaticus, An answer to a declaration of the Lords and Commons, London, page 11
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    […] this debauch'd and diversivolent woman; / Who such a black concatenation / Of mischief hath effected […]

    1612, John Webster, The White Devil

    The new currency scheme […] has been canvassed in various directions in a manner that by no means speaks a general belief in the sound views or correct doctrines of its diversivolent propounder.

    1844 May 19, The Era, number 295, London

    The bazar […] is really worthy of the patronage of every lover of diversivolent entertainment.

    1875 November 6, “Local Review: Bazar of All Nations”, in Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, volume 32, number 265, Milwaukee, WI, page 8

Origin

  1. Latindiversus“diverse, different”
  2. Englishdiversivolent

Latin diversus (“diverse, different”) + volent-, present participial stem of vōlō (“I wish”).

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APA

diversivolent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversivolent

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“diversivolent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversivolent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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