trifarious

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UK/tɹaɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/US/tɹaɪˈfɛɹi.əs/

adjective

Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, like the leaves of veratrum.

OriginLatin trifarius →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivetrifarious (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyFacing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, like the leaves of veratrum.

Origin

  1. Latintrifarius“of three sorts or ways, threefold”
  2. Englishtrifarious

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trifarious

varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariusscopariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassarius
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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