Word of the day: multifarious

The word of the day is multifarious:

1. having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
2. numerous and varied; greatly diverse or manifold: multifarious activities.

1590s, from L. multifarius "manifold," from multifariam "in many places or parts," perhaps originally "that which can be expressed in many ways," from multi- "many" + -fariam "parts," perhaps from fas "utterance, expression, manifestation," related to fari "to speak" (see fame).

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/multifarious)

"After sixty years of frenzied production, Flynn and Giráldez wrote, the world had accumulated so much silver that its value began to fall...  The impact was multifarious and planet-wide."

 - Charles Mann, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created