multifarious
- having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- numerous and varied; greatly diverse or manifold: multifarious activities.
Origin of multifarious
Related Words for multifarious
assorted, manifold, many, miscellaneous, multiple, multitudinous, myriad, numerous, varied, various, divers, diversifiedExamples from the Web for multifarious
Contemporary Examples of multifarious
Now that we have gotten over these multifarious horribles, we are obliged to ponder the bigger picture.
In many great novels, the multifarious content necessitates a certain largesse of form.
This book intimately and expertly covers his multifarious activities during each of these great crises.
The idea of living a multifarious identity is something that has always occurred to me to be absolutely the norm.
Historical Examples of multifarious
There were politics, with their multifarious opportunities for fortune and place.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
The shapes are so multifarious, as to preclude us from giving any specific directions.
The Ladies' Work-Table BookAnonymous
His singular brain could grapple simultaneously with these multifarious subjects.
A Great ManArnold Bennett
She was a trim yacht, notwithstanding her multifarious employments.
The Three CommandersW.H.G. Kingston
He has the merit of giving some order to this multifarious collection.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)Isaac D'Israeli
multifarious
- having many parts of great variety
Word Origin for multifarious
Word Origin and History for multifarious
1590s, from Latin multifarius "manifold," from multifariam (adv.) "on many sides; in many places or parts," perhaps originally "that which can be expressed in many ways," from multi- "many" (see multi-) + -fariam, adverbial suffix (cf. bifariam "in two places"), from PIE *dwi-dhe- "making two." Related: Multifariously; multifariousness. Earlier forms of the word in English were multiphary (adv.); multipharie (adj.), both mid-15c.