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sundry

adj
/ˈsʌnd.ɹi/US/ˈsʌndɹi/US/ˈsɪndɹɪ/

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Middle English sondri, sondry, syndry (“individually; occasionally; separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (“alone, distinct, separate, single; sundry, various; concerning a single person, own, particular, peculiar, private; exceptional, remarkable, set apart, special; (distributive) one each”) [and other forms], from sundor (“differently; privately; separate, separately”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, isolated; separate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)) + -iġ (“suffix forming adjectives”). The English word is analysable as sunder + -y. The noun and pronoun are derived from the adjective. Cognates * Dutch zonderlijk (“separate”) (rare), Dutch afzonderlijk (“separate”) * Low German sunderig (“single; special”) * Middle High German sunderig (“private; separate; special”) * Swedish söndrig (“broken; tattered”)

  1. inherited from *senH-✻ — “apart; for oneself; without”
  2. inherited from *sundraz✻ — “alone, isolated; separate”
  3. inherited from syndriġ — “alone, distinct, separate, single; sundry, various; concerning a single person, own, particular, peculiar, private; exceptional, remarkable, set apart, special; (distributive) one each”
  4. inherited from sondri

Definitions

  1. More than one or two but not very many

    More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.

    • Dearely beloued brethren, the ſcripture moueth vs in ſondrye places, to acknowledge and confeſſe our manyfolde ſynnes and wyckedneſſe, […]
    • Ennius an olde auncient Latin poet, & of great authoritee, whom Cicero verie often times citeth in ſondrie his werkes.

  2. Of various types, especially when numerous

    Of various types, especially when numerous; diverse, varied.

    • On the outskirts were various rude booths, in which whiskey and water, and sundry articles of provision, and fodder for horses, were dispensed for a consideration.

  3. Consisting of an assortment of different kinds

    Consisting of an assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.

    • [I]t is a melancholy of mine ovvne, compounded of many ſimples, extracted from many obiects, and indeed the ſundrie contemplation of my trauells, in which by often rumination, vvraps me in a most humorous ſadneſſe.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Chiefly preceded by a number or an adjective like many

      Chiefly preceded by a number or an adjective like many: of two or more similar people or things: not the same as other persons or things of the same nature; different, distinct, separate. (Contrast sense 5.2.)

      • Galene, and Paule conteyne aſcyron vnder androſemo: but [Pedanius] Dioscorides deſcrybeth thes herbes ſeuerally, & ſo maketh them ſondry herbes.
      • Here I had ended, but Experience finds, / That ſundry VVomen are of ſundry Minds; / VVith various Crochets fill'd, and hard to pleaſe, / They therefore muſt be caught by various VVays.

    2. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one

      Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one; individual, respective.

      • For the heathen supposing that the whole word, and all the creatures therein, was too great a diocese to be daily visited by one and the same Deity, they therefore assigned sundry gods to several creatures.

    3. Of a person or thing

      Of a person or thing: not the same as something else; different. (Contrast sense 4.)

      • Carduus called in latin Scolimus after Galene, Aetius & Paulus is a ſundry herbe frõ Cinara.

    4. Not attached or connected to anything else

      Not attached or connected to anything else; physically separate.

    5. A minor miscellaneous item.

      • […] I am firmly perſuaded the vvhole pitiful 30 l. came pure and neat into the captain's pocket, and not only ſo, but attended vvith the value of 10 l. more in ſundries, into the bargain.
      • Our big free catalog illustrates and describes parts, equipment and sundries that our more than a million riders may need.

    6. Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”).

      • The wicketkeeper for Williamstown had a bad day, as sundries topped the score with 30.
      • In the modern era I sometimes feel the emphasis has erroneously shifted towards placing unwarranted importance on how few sundries are recorded.
      • As for sundries, these are very often caused by erratic bowling or a nasty pitch.

    7. Various people or things

      Various people or things; several.

      • The not underſtanding of which has made ſundry in vain attempt to predict events foretold, in the Apocalypſe to the accurateneſs of a Prophetical Day, […]

    8. Synonym of asunder (“into separate parts or pieces”).

      • [O]ur joynts have almost been pulled sundry, with driving in hackney coaches throu all corners, amongst our great men, for some weeks; […]

    9. Placed separately

      Placed separately; apart.

      • [T]he church of Epheſus, or, of any certain place, includeth all the profeſſors living there; they are accounted of that church, and no other, as providence hath put them together: and the churches are divided as they live ſundry.

    10. Individually, separately

      Individually, separately; sundrily.

      • Theſe three in theſe three rovvmes did ſondry dvvell, / And counſelled faire Alma, hovv to gouerne vvell.

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Derived

all and sundry, sundrily, sundriness, various and sundry, sundryman

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA