Myriad

Definitions

1. Ten thousand; 10,000
   formal
2. Synonym of decamillennium: a period of 10000 years.
   formal
3. A countless number or multitude (of specified things)

Equivalents

Examples

“Earth hosts a myriad of animals.”

“O Myriads of immortal Spirits, O Powers / Matchleſs, but with th' Almighty, and that ſtrife / Was not inglorious, though th' event was dire,”

“A myriad of beginnings to her intended discourse darted into her mind⟳; but, as is usual in such cases, she chose the one the very worst suited to her purpose. "I never intend⟳ to marry⟳," said she, in a faltering voice.”

“I saw⟳ battle-corpses, myriads of them, / And the white skeletons of young men, I saw⟳ them, / I saw⟳ the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, […]”

“How far he surpassed them all may be felt if we remember⟳ that no Scythian, although the Scythians are reckoned by their myriads, has ever succeeded in dominating a foreign nation ...”

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