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   myriad

   /ˈmɪrɪəd/

   noun

   • 1. a countless or extremely great number of people or things: "myriads of insects danced around the light above my head"
   • 2. (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand: "the army was organized on a decimal system, up to divisions of 10,000 or myriads"

   adjective

   • 1. countless or extremely great in number: "he gazed at the myriad lights of the city"
   • ▪ having countless or very many elements or aspects: "the myriad political scene"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in myriad (sense 2 of the noun)): via late Latin from Greek murias, muriad-, from murioi ‘10,000’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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