multifarious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌmʌltəˈfɛriəs/ UK /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəriəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having great variety or many different forms

The festival offered a multifarious program of music and dance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having great variety or... diverse varied manifold multiform sundry heterogeneous

Opposites

uniform homogeneous monotonous

Word family

Derived forms multifariouslymultifariousness

Etymology

From Latin multifārius ('manifold, of many parts'), from multi- ('many') + the element -fārius ('doing, parts'), perhaps related to fārī ('to speak').

multifārius Latin multus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# multifarious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌmʌltəˈfɛriəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌmʌltɪˈfɛəriəs/

## Meanings
1. having great variety or many different forms

## Examples
- The festival offered a multifarious program of music and dance.

## Synonyms
- diverse
- varied
- manifold
- multiform
- sundry
- heterogeneous

## Antonyms
- uniform
- homogeneous
- monotonous

## Derived Forms
- multifariously
- multifariousness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: multifārius
- Root: multus

## Etymology
From Latin multifārius ('manifold, of many parts'), from multi- ('many') + the element -fārius ('doing, parts'), perhaps related to fārī ('to speak').

## AI Etymology
Multifarious comes from Latin multifārius ('manifold, of many parts'), from multi- ('many') + the element -fārius ('doing, parts'), perhaps related to fārī ('to speak'). The etymological trail includes Latin multifārius, Latin multus. The same word family includes multifariously, multifariousness. Its current adjective use means "having great variety or many different forms".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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