Meaning of MULTIFARIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | `multu'fehreeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city" |
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| | Synonyms: | | many-sided, multifaceted, varied |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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