Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Diversity \Di*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. {Diversities}. [F.
diversit['e], L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See {Diverse}.]
1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare
diversity, rise into a contrariety. --South.
2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
``Diversity of sounds.'' --Shak. ``Diversities of
opinion.'' --Secker.
3. Variegation. ``Bright diversities of day.'' --Pope.
Syn: See {Variety}.