فنّن النَّاسَ

He made the men, or people, to consist of different sorts, or of a medley, not of one tribe. (M, K, TA.)

فنّن الحَدِيثَ He diversified the narrative, or discourse. (MA.) And فنّن الكَلَامَ [He diversified the speech, or language: or] he branched off into one mode after another [in speech]: and so ↓ تفنّن [alone, this verb being intrans.]. (T, TA.) And فنّن رَأْيَهُ He varied his opinion, not keeping steadily to one opinion. (T, TA.)

And [the verbal noun] تَفْنِينٌ signifies The mixing or confusing [a thing or things]; or a state of confusion or disorder; synonym تَخْلِيطٌ. (S, K.) [Hence, as verbal noun of فُنِّنَ,] in a garment, or piece of cloth, [the having] streaks differing from the rest: (S, K:) or the state of becoming dissundered, (T, M,) one part from another, (T,) when old and worn out, without becoming much rent: (T, M:) or difference (M, K) in its make (M) or in its texture, (K,) by thinness in one place and thickness in another: (M, K:) or التَّفْنِينُ signifies [there being] what is a thin, or flimsy, unseemly place in the garment, or piece of cloth, that is [in other parts] thick, or compact. (T.)

And فنّن signifies also He sought many [or various] things. (Har p. 612.)