Associations to the word «Myriad»

Wiktionary

MYRIAD, noun. (now historical) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.]
MYRIAD, noun. A countless number or multitude (of specified things) [from 16th c.]
MYRIAD, adjective. (modifying a singular noun) Multifaceted, having innumerable elements [from 18th c.]
MYRIAD, adjective. (modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous [from 18th c.]

Dictionary definition

MYRIAD, noun. A large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details".
MYRIAD, noun. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand.
MYRIAD, adjective. Too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats