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trifarious, a. rare.|traɪˈfɛərɪəs| [f. L. trifāri-us (compared by some with Gr. τριϕάσιος in same sense) + -ous.] 1. Of three sorts; facing three ways.
1656Blount Glossogr., Trifareous (trifarius), of three manner of wayes. c1800Bp. Milner in Husenbeth Life (1862) 39 No longer prate on huge Briareus, On monstrous triple bodied Geryon; For I have seen a real trifarious Protesting—Catholic—Presbyterian! 2. Bot. Arranged in three rows.
1846Worcester, Trifarious,..in three rows. 1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §565 Leaves trifarious, the third row smaller than the others. |