Myriad

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Multifaceted, having innumerable elements not-comparable

    "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 [...]."

  2. 2
    Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous not-comparable

    "Earth hosts myriad animals."

Adjective
  1. 1
    too numerous to be counted wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Ten thousand; 10,000 formal
  2. 2
    the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand wordnet
  3. 3
    Ten thousand; 10,000; Synonym of decamillennium: a period of 10000 years. formal
  4. 4
    a large indefinite number wordnet
  5. 5
    A countless number or multitude (of specified things)

    "Earth hosts a myriad of animals."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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