multifarious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having many aspects
    many-sided; miscellaneous; multifaceted.
    • a many-sided subject
    • a multifaceted undertaking
    • multifarious interests
    • the multifarious noise of a great city
    • a miscellaneous crowd

WordNet


Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous adjective
Etymology
L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. Bifarious.
Definitions
  1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
    There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Dr. H. More.
  2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.

Webster 1913