myriad
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[edit] Etymology
From French myriade, from Late Latin myrias (genitive of myriadis), from Ancient Greek μυριάδος (myriados), genitive of μυριάς (myrias, “number of 10,000”), from μύριος (myrios, “numberless, countless, infinite”).
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[edit] Noun
myriad (plural myriads)
- (now historical) Ten thousand; 10,000. [from mid-16th c.]
- A countless number or multitude (of specified things).
- Earth hosts a myriad of animals.
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ten thousand
vast diversity or number
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[edit] Adjective
myriad (not comparable)
- Multifaceted, having innumerable elements.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 131:
- 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 [...].
- 2011 April 6–19, Kara Krekeler, "Researchers at Washington U. have 'itch' to cure problem", West End Word, volume 40, number 7, page 8:
- "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."
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 131:
- Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous.
- 2009, Wikipedia:Huế:
- Roughly along the Perfume River from Huế lie myriad other monuments.
- 2009, Wikipedia:Huế:
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great in number
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[edit] Noun
myriad c.
- a myriad
[edit] Declension
Declension of myriad
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | myriad | myriaden | myriader | myriaderna |
| genitive | myriads | myriadens | myriaders | myriadernas |
