Hypertext Webster Gateway: "multifarious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Multifarious \Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. multifarius; multus
much, many. Cf. {Bifarious}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
multifarious
adj : having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted
undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the
multifarious noise of a great city" [syn: {many-sided},
{multifaceted}]
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