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(thing) by evilrooster (4.8 y) (print)   ?   3 C!s I like it! Sun Mar 04 2001 at 19:09:21

"Myriad" means "ten thousand" in Ancient Greek, and "lots and lots" in modern English. It's one of those danger words. Use it well, and you make a good impression. Use it poorly, and you sound pretentious.

Treat it in the same way you would "thousand":

Right

  • "a myriad eggplants" (a thousand eggplants)
  • "myriads of aubergines" (thousands of aubergines)
  • "myriad schnecken" (ten thousand schnecken)

Wrong

  • "a myriad of zucchini" (a thousand of zucchini??)

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:21:34

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.

 

© Webster 1913.


Myr"i*ad, a.

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

 

© Webster 1913.


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