| source : web1913 |
Myriad \Myr"i*ad\, a.
Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as,
myriad stars.
| source : web1913 |
Myriad \Myr"i*ad\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? numberless, pl. ? ten
thousand: cf. F. myriade.]
1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or
things.
2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely
large number.
| source : wn |
myriad
adj : too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches";
"countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons";
"innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas";
"myriad stars"; "untold thousands" [syn: {countless}, {infinite},
{innumerable}, {innumerous}, {myriad(a)}, {multitudinous},
{numberless}, {uncounted}, {unnumberable}, {unnumbered},
{unnumerable}]
n 1: a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details"
2: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one
thousand [syn: {ten thousand}, {10000}]