Multifarious definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MULTIFA'RIOUS, a. [L. multifarius.] Having great multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; as multifarious artifice. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin multifarius, from Latin ... adv. multifariousness n. Etymology: L multifarius Webster's 1913 Dictionary Multifarious Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous, a. [L. multifarius; multus ...
... having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many- sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious] 3: full of variety or interest; "a many-sided personality ...
... to a multitude of evils, or to a cause of multifarious evils. 2. A technical name of a genus of Zoophytes ... off was replaced by two others 2. not capitalized a multifarious evil not to be overcome by a single effort 3 ... Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire. --Milton. 2. Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be ...
... having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1870 having many facets or ...
... varicolored < birds of various plumage > 3. a. of differing kinds ; multifarious b. dissimilar in nature or form ; unlike < animals as various ... many and various, mercurial, miscellaneous, more, more than one, motley, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, mutable, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, not singular, numerous, of ...
... from Latin omni- + -farius (as in multifarius diverse) — more at multifarious Date: 1653 of all varieties, forms, or kinds < omnifarious interests ... all sorts or varieties. Etymology: LL omnifarius (as OMNI-): cf. MULTIFARIOUS Webster's 1913 Dictionary Omnifarious Om`ni*fa"ri*ous ...
... quadrifarius fourfold, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrifari['e]. Cf. Multifarious.] Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. --Loudon ...