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English Dictionary: myriad by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myriad
adj
  1. too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
    Synonym(s): countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable
n
  1. a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details"
  2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
    Synonym(s): ten thousand, 10000, myriad
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myriad \Myr"i*ad\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] numberless, pl. [?]
      ten thousand: cf. F. myriade.]
      1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or
            things.
  
      2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely
            large number.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myriad \Myr"i*ad\, a.
      Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as,
      myriad stars.
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