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sundry

UK/ˈsɪndɹɪ/ US/ˈsʌndɹi/ rare archaic obsolete
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)

  • “an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”
  • “assorted sizes”
  • “miscellaneous accessories”
  • “a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music”
  • “a motley crew”
  • “sundry sciences commonly known as social” I.A.Richards
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noun

1.

miscellaneous unspecified objects

  • “the trunk was full of stuff”
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Origin

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”)

Phrases

  • all and sundry
  • various and sundry

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