Myriad

/ˈmɪɹi.æd/ · noun

Meaning

(historical) Ten thousand; 10,000.

Definitions by Sense

1. (historical) Ten thousand; 10,000
2. A countless number or multitude (of specified things)
3. (modifying a singular noun) Multifaceted, having innumerable elements.
4. (modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous.

Example Sentences

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,

A myriad of beginnings to her intended discourse darted into her mind; but, as is usual in such cases, she chose the one the very worst suited to her purpose. "I never intend to marry," said she, in a faltering voice.

I saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, / And the white skeletons of young men, I saw them, / I saw the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, […]

How far he surpassed them all may be felt if we remember that no Scythian, although the Scythians are reckoned by their myriads, has ever succeeded in dominating a foreign nation ...

His crude additions, especially the inclusion of Herr Barkheimer, turned the collection into something resembling an orgy, complete with a myriad of sex devices.

"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."

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 [...].

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