myriad
- a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
- ten thousand.
- of an indefinitely great number; innumerable: the myriad stars of a summer night.
- having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.: the myriad mind of Shakespeare.
- ten thousand.
Origin of myriad
Synonyms
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Contemporary Examples
I met the 38-year-old actor/filmmaker at a bar in Midtown Manhattan to discuss his myriad projects over some Scotch.
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And the myriad permutations this takes when it percolates down to the level of pop culture are fascinating.
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Each month, a chosen theme colors the myriad events cramming the calendar.
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In this almost-authentic arena, groups of teenagers are brought together in a myriad of ways.
Historical Examples
Besides the law of meat, there were a myriad other and lesser laws for him to learn and obey.
White FangJack London
It swept toward the dome and dissociated into a myriad specks which were aircraft.
InvasionWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
I saw a myriad of flashing lights, heard a tremendous crash, and—that was all.
Against OddsLawrence L. Lynch
Seven o'clock had already been rung by the myriad bells of Moscow.
The GeniusMargaret Horton Potter
The storm in the night had swelled the myriad creeks, and extended all morasses.
The Long RollMary Johnston
myriad
- innumerable
- (also used in plural) a large indefinite number
- archaic ten thousand
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for myriad
n.
1550s, from Middle French myriade and directly from Late Latin myrias (genitive myriadis) "ten thousand," from Greek myrias (genitive myriados) "a number of ten thousand, countless numbers," from myrios (plural myrioi) "innumerable, countless, infinite; boundless," as a definite number, "ten thousand" ("the greatest number in Greek expressed by one word," Liddell & Scott say), of unknown origin; perhaps from PIE *meue- "abundant" (cf. Hittite muri- "cluster of grapes," Latin muto "penis," Middle Irish moth "penis"). Specific use is usually in translations from Greek or Latin.
adj.
c.1800, from myriad (n.).