multiform

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   existing, appearing, or occurring in many different forms

   The exhibition traces the multiform influence of migration on modern art.

2. 2
   noun

   something, such as an organism or traditional story, that occurs in more than one form

   Researchers treated each regional version of the tale as a multiform.

From Latin multiformis ("many-shaped"), combining multi- ("many") with forma ("form, shape"). English has used it since the seventeenth century for things that appear in many forms.

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