var|i|o|rum

var|i|o|rum «_VAIR ee AWR uhm, -OHR-», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. an edition of a book, especially of a classic, that has the comments and notes of several editors, critics, or other commentators.

2. an edition of a book containing variant versions of the text.

–adj.

of or like a variorum.

╂[< Latin (edītiō cum notīs) variōrum (edition with notes) of various people; genitive plural masculine of varius various]