myriad

Definitions


[ˈmɪrɪəd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a countless or extremely great number of people or things
(e.g: there's a myriad of islands to explore)

- (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand
(e.g: the army was organized on a decimal system, up to divisions of 10,000 or myriads)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in myriad): via late Latin from Greek murias, muriad-, from murioi ‘10,000’


[ˈmɪrɪəd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- countless or extremely great in number
(e.g: he gazed at the myriad lights of the city)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in myriad): via late Latin from Greek murias, muriad-, from murioi ‘10,000’




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