What is "diversities"

Diversity \Di*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. Diversities. [F. diversit['e], L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]

1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

   They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety.
   --South.

2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. ``Diversity of sounds.''
   --Shak. ``Diversities of opinion.''
   --Secker.

3. Variegation. ``Bright diversities of day.''
   --Pope.

   Syn: See Variety.

n. (plural of diversity English)