diversivolent

diversivolent adjective: desiring difference or argument.

Adjective

diversivolent (comparative more diversivolent, superlative most diversivolent)

(obsolete, rare) Desiring difference or argument.
- […] this debauch'd and diversivolent woman; / Who such a black concatenation / Of mischief hath effected […]1612, John Webster, The White Devil
- […] in such contemptuous and diversivolent language[…]1648, Mercurius Pragmaticus, An answer to a declaration of the Lords and Commons, London, page 11

The new currency scheme […] has been canvassed in various directions in a manner that by no means speaks a general belief in the sound views or correct doctrines of its diversivolent propounder.1844 May 19, The Era, number 295, London:
The bazar […] is really worthy of the patronage of every lover of diversivolent entertainment.1875 November 6, “Local Review: Bazar of All Nations”, in Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, volume 32, number 265, Milwaukee, WI, page 8:

comparative	more diversivolent
superlative	most diversivolent

Latin diversus (“diverse, different”) + volent-, present participial stem of vōlō (“I wish”).

What does diversivolent mean?: Diversivolent means desiring difference or argument.
How do you use diversivolent in a sentence?: The new currency scheme […] has been canvassed in various directions in a manner that by no means speaks a general belief in the sound views or correct doctrines of its diversivolent propounder.
What part of speech is diversivolent?: Diversivolent is an adjective.

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