multifarious

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

having many aspects“a many-sided subject”“a multifaceted undertaking”“multifarious interests”“the multifarious noise of a great city”“a miscellaneous crowd”Synonyms: many-sided multifaceted miscellaneous

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. [1913 Webster]