myriad

[ mir-ee-uhd ]
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noun
  1. a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.

  2. ten thousand.

adjective
  1. of an indefinitely great number; innumerable: the myriad stars of a summer night.

  2. having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.: the myriad mind of Shakespeare.

  1. ten thousand.

Origin of myriad

1
First recorded in 1545–55; from Greek mȳriad-, stem of mȳriás “ten thousand,” from mȳríos “countless”

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Other words from myriad

  • myr·i·ad·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for myriad

myriad

/ (ˈmɪrɪəd) /


adjective
  1. innumerable

noun
  1. (also used in plural) a large indefinite number

  2. archaic ten thousand

Origin of myriad

1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek murias ten thousand

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