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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having many aspects;
- Example: "a many-sided subject"
- Example: "a multifaceted undertaking"
- Example: "multifarious interests"
- Example: "the multifarious noise of a great city"
- Example: "a miscellaneous crowd"
[syn: many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

            There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of
            the meanest animal.                   --Dr. H. More.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical
      rows.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

multifarious
    adj 1: having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a
           multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the
           multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous
           crowd" [syn: many-sided, multifaceted,
           miscellaneous, multifarious]