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English
Etymology
From variety + -ist.
Adjective
varietist (comparative more varietist, superlative most varietist)
- (obsolete) Of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.
1973 November 9, Max Lerner, “Marriage: What's in That Name?”, in The Iowa Press-Citizen:We would call it today an "open marriage", at once permissive and varietist
Noun
varietist (plural varietists)
- (obsolete) A person who is nonmonogamous.
- 2015 March 23, David S. D'Amato, Free Love: Victoria Woohhull, Libertarianism.org
- In her periodical, Woodhull stated that her proposition was to "advocate sexual freedom for all people - freedom for the monogamist to practice monogamy, for the varietist to be a varietist still.".