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myriads

[mir-ee-uhd] Origin

myr·i·ad

[mir-ee-uhd]
noun
1.
a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
2.
ten thousand.
adjective
3.
of an indefinitely great number; innumerable: the myriad stars of a summer night.
4.
having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.: the myriad mind of Shakespeare.
5.
ten thousand.

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

myr·i·ad·ly, adverb


4. countless, boundless, infinite, untold.

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Word Origin & History

myriad
1555, from M.Fr. myriade, from L.L. myrias (gen. myriadis) "ten thousand," from Gk. myrias (gen. myriados) "ten thousand," from myrios "innumerable, countless," of unknown origin. Specific use is usually in translations from Gk. or Latin.
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