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CHILIAD
thousand, one thousand, chiliad, grand, thou, yard
(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chiliad (plural chiliads)
A group of 1000 things.
A period of 1000 years; a millennium.
Anagrams
• achilid
Source: Wiktionary
Chil"i*ad, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God. Sir. T. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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