Etymology

trifarious

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Today it means: Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, like the leaves of veratrum. Full definition →

Latin trifarius
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  1. Latin · derived fromtrifarius“of three sorts or ways, threefold”
  2. English todaytrifarious

From Latin trifarius (“of three sorts or ways, threefold”). Compare bifarious.

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