bifarious

B3I1F4A1R1I1O1U1S1
/baɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/

adjective

twofold, double

OriginLatin bifārius →
Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivebifarious (not comparable)
  1. not comparabletwofold, double
  2. not comparableambiguous
  3. not comparablebiologyIn two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
two-ranked

Origin

  1. Latinbifārius“twofold, double”
  2. Englishbifarious

From Latin bifārius (“twofold, double”), back-formed from the adverb bifāriam.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

bifarious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifarious

MLA

“bifarious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifarious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bifarious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifarious.

Source: bifarious on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.