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bifarious (adj.)
1650s, from Latin
bifarius
"twofold, double," probably originally "that which can be expressed in two ways" [Klein], from
bi-
(see
bi-
) +
fari
"to speak, say," from PIE root
*bha-
(2) "to speak, tell, say" (see
fame
(n.)). Related:
Bifariously
.