Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
VARIOUS
I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, probably from Medieval Latin *variosus, from Latin varius
Date: 15th century
variable , inconstant , varicolored ,
3. of differing kinds ; multifarious , dissimilar in nature or form ; unlike , having a number of different aspects or characteristics , of an indefinite number greater than one , individual , separate , see: different variousness noun
II. pro noun , plural in construction
Date: 1877
an indefinite number of separate individuals greater than one