multifarious

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multifarious

  • /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɛəɹi.əs

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From Latin multifārius.

adjective more multifarious · most multifarious

  1. Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts. 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, […]

    Similar: diverse, manifold, various, catholic, dishomogeneous, diversified, eclectic, heterogeneous, liberal, miscellaneous, mixed, motley

  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.

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adj having multiplicity

Españolmúltiple, diverso, variado
Русскийразнообра́зный raznoobráznyj
العربيةمُتَعَدِّد mutaʕaddid, مُتَنَوِّع mutanawwiʕ

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@misc{multifarious_2026,
  title = {multifarious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/multifarious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}