ETYMOLOGY
from Latin versatilis (versatile) + -ous
EXAMPLE
“… But the grounds of Diuinity in this point in hand, are farre more demonstratiue and certaine, than that of Copernicus his Philosophy. For he can finde no certaine demonstration of the heauens motion, but that he can stoppe with his versatilous wit; no more then my braine, earthy as it is, can be moued to beleeue his earths motion. …”
From: Truth’s Triumph ouer Trent: or, The Great Gulfe betweene Sion and Babylon
By Henry Burton, 1629
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