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multifarious

/ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/

multifarious adjective: having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts.

Adjective

multifarious (comparative more multifarious, superlative 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, […]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
  2. 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.

multifarious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

multifarious in Tamil

பலதிரப்பட்ட, பலவகைப்பட்ட, பல்வேறு வகைப்பட்ட

multifarious in Urdu

رنگ برنگ, طرح طرح کی

multifarious in Bengali

বহুবিধ, বিচিত্র, নানা প্রকার

multifarious in Malayalam

diverse, various, many
അത്യധികം വെെവിധ്യമുള്ള, ബഹുമുഖമായ, ബഹുമുഖവും ബഹുതലസ്പർശിയുമായ, സർവ്വതലസ്പർശിയായ, ബഹുരൂപം, പലതരം
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multifarious in Kannada
ನಾನಾಬಗೆಯ, ನಾನಾರೀತಿಯ, ಬಹುವಿಧದ, ಬಗೆಬಗೆಯ
multifarious in Arabic
مُتَعَدِّد mutaʕaddid, مُتَنَوِّع mutanawwiʕ

Synonyms of multifarious

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Forms of multifarious

comparativemore multifarious
superlativemost multifarious

Origin of multifarious

From Latin multifārius.

Words formed from multifarious

Words that rhyme with multifarious

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Questions about multifarious

What does multifarious mean?
Multifarious means having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts.
What is multifarious in Tamil?
Multifarious in Tamil is பலதிரப்பட்ட, பலவகைப்பட்ட, பல்வேறு வகைப்பட்ட. See Multifarious meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is multifarious?
Multifarious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce multifarious?
Multifarious is pronounced /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).

Words near multifarious in the dictionary

  1. multifamilies
  2. multifamily
  3. multifandom
  4. multifannish
  5. multifare
  6. multifarious
  7. multifariously
  8. multifariousness
  9. multifariousnesses
  10. multifarity
  11. multifarm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multifarious (page history and authors); multifarious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multifarious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multifarious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multifarious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); multifarious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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