a. [ L. bifarius; bis twice + fari to speak. Cf. Gr. &unr_; twofold; &unr_; twice + &unr_; to say. ]
adv. In a bifarious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley. ]
a. [ L. farinaceus. ]
a. [ L. farinosus: cf. F. farineux. ]
a. [ L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. Bifarious. ]
There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ L. nefarius, fr. nefas crime, wrong; ne not + fas divine law; akin to fari to speak. See No, adv., and Fate. ] Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Going or traveling in the night. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. omnifarius; omnis all + -farius. Cf. Bifarious. ] Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. “Omnifarious learning.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. plurifarius, fr. L. plus, pluris, many. Cf. Bifarious. ] Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. quadrifarius fourfold, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrifarié. Cf. Multifarious. ] Arranged in four rows or ranks;
a. [ From L. quinque five: cf. F. quinquéfarié. Cf. Bifarious. ] (Bot.) Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Following the business of a mariner;
a. [ L. septifariam sevenfold. Cf. Bifarious. ] (Bot.) Turned in seven different ways. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. trifarius of three sorts or ways, threefold; cf. Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Bifarious. ] (Bot.) Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Traveling; passing; being on a journey. “A wayfaring man.” Judg. xix. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wayfaring tree (Bot.),
American wayfaring tree (Bot.),
a. Faring well; prosperous; thriving. [ Obs. ] “A welfaring person.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]