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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Greek
Origin: myrioi 'too many to count'

myriad

2 noun
     
myriad2

a myriad of something/myriads of something

a very large number of things:
We're still studying a myriad of options.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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