myriad
adjective
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L338593 on Wikidata ↗noun
- 10,000
- very large number
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪɹi.æd/ / /ˈmɪɹi.əd/ / /ˈmɪ(ː)ɹɪjad/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek μῡρῐᾰ́ς (mūrĭắs)bor. Late Latin mȳriasbor. French myriade English myriad From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”). By surface analysis, myria- + -ad.
- Multifaceted, having innumerable elements.
“one night he would be singing at the barred window and yelling down out of the soft myriad darkness of a May night; the next night he would be gone [...].”
“"As a clinician, it's a difficult symptom to treat," Cornelius said. "The end symptom may be the same, but what's causing it may be myriad."”
- Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous.
“Earth hosts myriad animals.”
“Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek μῡρῐᾰ́ς (mūrĭắs)bor. Late Latin mȳriasbor. French myriade English myriad From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”). By surface analysis, myria- + -ad.
- Ten thousand; 10,000
- Ten thousand; 10,000
- A countless number or multitude (of specified things)
“Earth hosts a myriad of animals.”
“O Myriads of immortal Spirits, O Powers / Matchleſs, but with th' Almighty, and that ſtrife / Was not inglorious, though th' event was dire,”