MYRIAD

countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable

(adjective) too numerous to be counted; “countless hours”; “an infinite number of reasons”; “innumerable difficulties”; “the multitudinous seas”; “myriad stars”

myriad

(noun) a large indefinite number; “he faced a myriad of details”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

myriad (plural myriads)

(historical) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.]

A countless number or multitude (of specified things) [from 16th c.]

Usage notes

Used as an adjective (see below), 'myriad' requires neither an article before it nor a preposition after. Because of this, some consider the usage described in sense 2 above, where 'myriad' acts as part of a nominal (or noun) group (that is, "a myriad of animals"), to be tautological.

Adjective

myriad (not comparable)

(modifying a singular noun) Multifaceted, having innumerable elements [from 18th c.]

(modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous [from 18th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

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Myr"i*ad, n. Etym: [Gr. myriade.]

1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.

2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.

Myr"i*ad, a.

Definition: Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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