myriad

[ mir-ee-uhd ]

/ ˈmɪr i əd /

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noun

a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.

ten thousand.

adjective

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.

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Origin of myriad

1545–55; < Greek mȳriad- (stem of mȳriás) ten thousand; see -ad¹

SYNONYMS FOR myriad

4. countless, boundless, infinite, untold.

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Related formsmyr·i·ad·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for myriad

myriad

/ (ˈmɪrɪəd) /

adjective

innumerable

noun

(also used in plural) a large indefinite number

archaic ten thousand

Word Origin for myriad

C16: via Late Latin from Greek murias ten thousand

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Word Origin and History for myriad

myriad

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.

myriad

adj.

c.1800, from myriad (n.).

myriad

noun

adjective

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