Word Meanings - MULTIFORMITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MULTIFORMITY)

• Diversity
• Difference
• dissimilarity
• variation
• multiformity
• heterogeneousness
• dissonance
• Variety
• diversity
• medley
• miscellany
• multiplicity
• abnormity

Related words: (words related to MULTIFORMITY)

• VARIATION
  Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. (more info) 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation;
• VARIETY SHOW
  A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called vaudeville show.
• DIFFERENCE
  An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency. (more info) 1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or
• MULTIFORMITY
  The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas.
• DISSIMILARITY
  Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones.
• MULTIPLICITY
  The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects. "A multiplicity of goods." South.
• VARIETY
  1. The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness. Variety is nothing else but a continued novelty. South. The variety of colors depends upon the composition of light.
• DISSONANCE
  1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. Milton. 2. Want of agreement; incongruity. Milton.
• DIVERSITY
  1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. South. 2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." Shak. "Diversities
• MEDLEY
  A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri. Note: Medley is usually applied to vocal, potpourri to instrumental, compositions. 4. A cloth of mixed colors. Fuller. (more info) 1. A mixture; a mingled and
• ABNORMITY
  Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. "An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs. Whitney.
• MISCELLANY
  A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries;
• SUBVARIETY
  A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
• INDIFFERENCE
  1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2. Passableness; mediocrity. 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice,
• CHAUD-MEDLEY
  The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance- medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.
• CHANCE-MEDLEY
  The kiling of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley. Note: The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of homicide by misadventure, or to any accidental killing of a person without premeditation