multifarious

[ muhl-tuh-fair-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
2. numerous and varied; greatly diverse or manifold:

   multifarious activities.

multifarious

/ ˌmʌltɪˈfɛərɪəs /

adjective

1. having many parts of great variety

Derived Forms

• ˌmultiˈfariousness, noun
• ˌmultiˈfariously, adverb

Other Words From

• multi·fari·ous·ly adverb
• multi·fari·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of multifarious¹

1585–95; < Late Latin multifārius many-sided, manifold, equivalent to Latin multifāri ( am ) on many sides + -us adj. suffix ( -ous ); multi-, bifarious

Word History and Origins

Origin of multifarious¹

C16: from Late Latin multifārius manifold, from Latin multifāriam on many sides

Example Sentences

The couple, I realized, were a living example of brand synergy, finding a productive intersection between Posey’s business acumen and Padilla-Brown’s multifarious projects and experiments.

From Outside Online

Now that we have gotten over these multifarious horribles, we are obliged to ponder the bigger picture.

From The Daily Beast

In many great novels, the multifarious content necessitates a certain largesse of form.

From The Daily Beast

This book intimately and expertly covers his multifarious activities during each of these great crises.

From The Daily Beast

The idea of living a multifarious identity is something that has always occurred to me to be absolutely the norm.

From The Daily Beast

In the committee multifarious amendments were proposed, but without success.

From Project Gutenberg

Gilliatt in his multifarious tasks expended all his strength at once, and regained it with difficulty.

From Project Gutenberg

Meantime, I had to amuse myself as best I might by looking at the multifarious objects.

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These, however, were only a part of his multifarious schemes.

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Among his multifarious functions, perhaps the most respectable and permanent was that of clerk to the English chapel.

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