Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Multifarious \Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. multifarius; multus
   much, many. Cf. {Bifarious}.]
   1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of
      various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing
      parts; manifold.

            There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of
            the meanest animal.                   --Dr. H. More.

   2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical
      rows.

Source : WordNet®

multifarious
     adj : having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted
           undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the
           multifarious noise of a great city" [syn: {many-sided},
            {multifaceted}]