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Definitions for MULTIFARIOUS
ˌmʌl təˈfɛər i əsmul·ti·far·i·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifariousadjective

    having many aspects

    "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd"

Wiktionary

  1. multifariousadjective

    Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Multifariousadjective

    Having great multiplicity; having different respects; having great diversity in itself.

    Etymology: multifarius, Lat.

    There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.

    When we consider this so multifarious congruity of things in reference to ourselves, how can we with-hold from inferring, that that which made both dogs and ducks made them with a reference to us? Henry More, Antidotes against Atheism.

    His science is not moved by the gusts of fancy and humour, which blow up and down the multifarious opinionists. Joseph Glanvill, to Albius.

    We could not think of a more comprehensive expedient, whereby to assist the frail and torpent memory through so multifarious and numerous an employment. John Evelyn, Kalend.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Multifariousadjective

    having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold

  2. Multifariousadjective

    having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows

  3. Etymology: [L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. Bifarious.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Multifarious

    mul-ti-fā′ri-us, adj. having great diversity: made up of many parts: manifold: (bot.) in many rows or ranks.—adv. Multifā′riously.—n. Multifā′riousness, the state of being multifarious: multiplied variety: (law) the fault of improperly joining in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. [L. multus, many, varius, diverse.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MULTIFARIOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MULTIFARIOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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