ovarious

From Latin ōvum +‎ -arious.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊˈvɛəɹi.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊˈvɛɹi.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs

ovarious (not comparable)

1. (now rare) Pertaining to or made up of eggs. [from 18th c.]
   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

     Here the plain harmless Native […] to the Rocks / Dire-clinging, gathers his ovarious Food […] .