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Today's Word "myriad"

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myriad \MIR-ee-uhd\ (adjective) - 1 : Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars. 2 : Composed of numerous diverse elements or aspects.

(noun) - 1 : The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things. (Chiefly in reference to the Greek numeral system, or in translations from Greek or Latin). 2 : An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.

"Best friends can be bound by a myriad of things that only they two hold true." -- Gregory Patrick, 'Stories Inspired by Siouxsie'

 

Myriad is from Greek myrias, myriad-, "ten thousand; a myriad," from myrios, "numberless; countless; ten thousand."


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