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Definition of Assorted
1. Adjective. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. "Sundry sciences commonly known as social"
Similar to: Heterogeneous, Heterogenous
Derivative terms: Motley
2. Adjective. Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity. "Cited various reasons for his behavior"
Definition of Assorted
1. a. Selected; culled.
Definition of Assorted
1. Verb. (past of assort) ¹
2. Adjective. Comprised of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assorted
1. assort [v] - See also: assort
Literary usage of Assorted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"In boxes of 6 assorted $6 25 7202 FRENCH MOROCCO, gilt side, ... In boxes of 3,
assorted. 7 oo 7303 FRENCH MOROCCO, illuminated centres, rims and clasp, ..."
2. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"Other kames are high hills of assorted materials not in direct association ...
Though consisting almost entirely of assorted materials, and built up largely ..."
3. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"The ship's colors had puzzled us, and we found that she was from Genoa, with an
assorted cargo, and was trading on the coast. She filled away again, ..."
4. Prize Cases in New York: Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in Answer to by United States Solicitor of the Treasury, United States Navy Dept (1864)
"1 cask, containing 40 packages, each 10 M tinned tacks, damaged, assorted, f to
f inch; 94 packages, each 10 M cut tucks, damaged, assorted, | to f inch; ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"25 14 9 £508 О О assorted timber sent to London— Half freight .. .. 34 6 0 Loss
Total loss .. £542 б О .. £1614 12 9 Mr. SEDDON said they would not be ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The legal principle assorted is sound, hut the fallacy of the argument lies in
the assumption that the proposition of the pavement company was In fact ..."
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