multifarious
adjUS, UK /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/
Etymology From Latin multifārius.
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, […]1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
- 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.1943 January and February, “Charles S. Lake”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:
1 more example
- It is divided into parts that are too small and multifarious.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 225c:
2
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.
- Derived terms
- multifariously, multifariousness