Dictionary

multifarious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin multifārius.

Meanings

1. Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts.
   • Now, it is our regretful task to record his death on November 19 after a brief illness, and to include in a short article on page 29 some notes on his multifarious activities. 1943 January and February, “Charles S. Lake”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:
   • Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the multifarious awnings, banners, and streamers, the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, […] 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
   • It is divided into parts that are too small and multifarious. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 225c:
2. (of lawsuits) In which a party or a cause of action has been improperly or wrongfully joined together in the same suit, as in a misjoinder, perhaps as a result of a joinder of unrelated, distinct, independent parties or matters.

Forms

Deriveds

multifariousness · multifariously

Synonyms

catholic · manifold · liberal · diverse · sundry · miscellaneous · mixed · various · multifarious · variable · diversified · varied · dishomogeneous · eclectic · multifold · various · motley · heterogeneous · diverse · manifold

Translations (15)

pl różnorodny (having multiplicity) · nl veelvoudig (having multiplicity) · cs rozmanitý (having multiplicity) · pl różnoraki (having multiplicity) · ar مُتَعَدِّد (having multiplicity) · ru разнообра́зный (having multiplicity) · nb mangfoldig (having multiplicity) · ar مُتَنَوِّع (having multiplicity) · nl divers (having multiplicity) · ga ilchineálach (having multiplicity) · ga ilghnéitheach (having multiplicity) · es variado (having multiplicity) · es múltiple (having multiplicity) · es diverso (having multiplicity) · bg разнообразен (having multiplicity)