Va"ri*o*loid (?; 277), a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde.] (Med.)
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
Va"ri*o*loid, n. [Cf. F. varioloïde. See Varioloid, a.] (Med.) The
smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.
It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this
circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects
of previous vaccination or inoculation. Dunglison.
Va*ri"o*lous (?), a. [LL. variolosus, fr. variola the smallpox: cf. F.
varioleux.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or
sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.
||Va`ri*o"rum (?), a. [L., abbrev. fr. cum notis variorum with notes of
||various persons.] Containing notes by different persons; — applied to
||a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book.
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Va"ri*ous (?), a. [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]
1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names;
various occupations; various colors.
So many and so various laws are given.
Milton.
A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild.
Byron.