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myriads
[
mir
-ee-
uh
d
]
Origin
myr·i·ad
/
ˈmɪr
i
əd
/
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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
-ad
1
Related forms
myr·i·ad·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
4.
countless, boundless, infinite, untold.
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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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