a. Obs. rare. [f. L. versātil-is VERSATILE a. + -OUS.] Marked or characterized by versatility or variableness; versatile.
1629. H. Burton, Truth’s Triumph, 347. He can finde no certaine demonstration … but that he can stoppe with his versatilous wit.
1650. Elderfield, Civ. Right Tythes, 135. Whose versatilous shifts are hard to be avoided.
Hence † Versatilousness. Obs.–1
1640. Bp. Reynolds, Passions, xxvi. 269. Another cause of Boldnesse, is Immunity from Danger, or at least a Versatilousnesse and Dexterity of wit to evade it.
