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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
myriad /ˈmɪrɪəd/
noun
  • 1 an indefinitely great number.
  • 2 (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.
adjective innumerable.

■ having innumerable elements: the myriad political scene.

– origin C16: via late L. from Gk murias, muriad-, from murioi ‘10,000’.



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