单词 | multifarious |
释义 | multifarious (once / 6417 pages) adj A person or thing with many sides or different qualities is multifarious. The Internet has multifarious uses, museums are known for their multifarious art collections, and Hindu gods are associated with multifarious incarnations. You can use the adjective multifarious to describe anything that has a lot of sides or aspects, and the 16th-century roots of the word come from multi-, or "many," parts or expressions. Comic actors who can morph their faces into a 1000 different looks are multifarious, and parents who can run businesses, coach soccer leagues, and tell good stories are pretty multifarious too. WORD FAMILYmultifarious: multifariously, multifariousness USAGE EXAMPLESWine Expo in Santa Monica carries a huge and multifarious selection of sparkling wines. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) Trump’s shifting proposals for addressing his multifarious conflicts of interests are simply inadequate. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Almost everyone who came to know Scott called him “SEK,” and the ways they came to know him were multifarious. Salon(Nov 23, 2016) adj having many aspects multifarious interests the multifarious noise of a great city Syn many-sided, miscellaneous, multifaceted varied characterized by variety |
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