I. ˈmirēəd noun
( -s )
Etymology: Greek myriad-, myrias, from myrios countless, myrioi (its plural) ten thousand; perhaps akin to Middle Irish mūr abundance
1. : the number of ten thousand : ten thousand persons or things — used especially in translations from the Greek and Latin
2. : an immense number : an indefinitely large number : a great multitude — usually used with of and often used in plural
beset with a myriad of profound emotional stresses — H.G.Armstrong
a myriad of mathematical possibilities — John Haverstick
myriads of insects, flying before north winds — R.A.Billington
myriads of freshman texts — W.N.Francis
II. adjective
1. : consisting of a very great but indefinite number : innumerable , multitudinous
the involved and myriad events which fill the world's past — Edward Clodd
the intricacies of human action are myriad — F.A.Geldard
the faces myriad yet curiously identical in their lack of individual identity — William Faulkner
2. : having innumerable aspects or elements
the myriad activity of the new land — Meridel Le Sueur
a myriad murmur of insects — Hamilton Basso
the soft myriad darkness of a May night — William Faulkner