单词 | omnifarious |
释义 | omnifarious (once / 984943 pages) adj If you belong to every possible club and organization at school, you can describe your extracurricular activities as omnifarious, or as including all different varieties. This handy adjective means "of all kinds or varieties." You might recognize the Latin prefix omni- from other words that have the notion of "all" or "every." The -farious part, Latin for "part or parts," is the same one you see in multifarious, an adjective that is more common than omnifarious and has roughly the same meaning. WORD FAMILYomnifarious USAGE EXAMPLESHe—conformably with his rôle of Sir Oracle, omniscient and omnifarious—must have his "cartoons" too; and so on p. Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry), The History of "Punch"(2010) His conversation was such as might have been expected from a man whose fancy was so creative, whose knowledge omnifarious, and whose recollection so unbounded. Cottle, Joseph, Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Cole...(2010) adj of all varieties or forms or kinds omnifarious reading Syn varied characterized by variety |
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