sundry
/ˈsʌnd.ɹi/ adjective, noun, pronoun, adverb
Forms sundries sindry
- adjective More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.
- adjective Of various types, especially when numerous; diverse, varied.
- adjective Consisting of an assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
- adjective (archaic) 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.)
- adjective Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one; individual, respective.
- adjective Of a person or thing: not the same as something else; different. (Contrast sense 4.)
- adjective (except Scotland) Not attached or connected to anything else; physically separate.
- noun A minor miscellaneous item.
- noun A food item eaten as an accompaniment to a meal; a side dish; also, such an item eaten on its own as a light meal.
- noun (chiefly Australia, cricket) Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”).
- pronoun (Northern England, Scotland) Various people or things; several.
- adverb Synonym of asunder (“into separate parts or pieces”).
- adverb (archaic) Placed separately; apart.
- adverb (obsolete) Individually, separately; sundrily.
Synonyms
manifold assorted confused conglomerate desultory deviating different disaccordant discordant discrepant disordered disparate dissimilar divers diverse diversified inaccordant incongruous inconsistent inconsonant miscellaneous mixed motley
Antonyms
homogeneous invariable of a piece onefold samely uniform uniformal unmixed unvaried unvarying
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.
* Dutch zonderlijk (“separate”) (rare), Dutch afzonderlijk (“separate”)
* Low German sunderig (“single; special”)
* Middle High German sunderig (“private; separate; special”)
* Swedish söndrig (“broken; tattered”)
From Middle English sondri, sondry, syndri (“individually; now and then, occasionally; physically apart, separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndrige [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (adjective): see further at etymology 1.
* Old High German suntarīgo
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Several; divers; more than one or two; various. "Sundry wines." Chaucer. "Sundry weighty reasons." Shak.
- adjective Separate; diverse. [Obs.]
Etymology [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr. sundor asunder. See Sunder, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “sundry”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details