multifarious
Etymology
From Latin multifārius.
adj
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Having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; made up of many differing parts. 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 1It is divided into parts that are too small and multifarious. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 225c -
(law, of lawsuits) 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.
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