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English
Etymology
From Latin multifārius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
multifarious (comparative more multifarious, superlative most multifarious)
- Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts.
- Synonyms: diverse, manifold, various; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
1878, Henry James, An International Episode: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,
1943 January and February, “Charles S. Lake”, in Railway Magazine, page 1: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.
2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 225c:It is divided into parts that are too small and multifarious.
- (law, 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.
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