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myriad
English
Etymology
From French myriade, from Late Latin myriadis (genitive of myrias), from Ancient Greek ???????? (muriádos), genitive of ?????? (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from ?????? (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?m??i.æd/, /?m??i.?d/
Noun
myriad (plural myriads)
- (historical) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.]
- A countless number or multitude (of specified things) [from 16th c.]
- 1914, Henry Graham Dakyns, Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Book I:
- 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 ...
- 1914, Henry Graham Dakyns, Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Book I:
Related terms
- tens of thousands
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.
Translations
Adjective
myriad (not comparable)
- (modifying a singular noun) Multifaceted, having innumerable elements [from 18th c.]
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 131:
- one night he would be singing at the barred window and yelling down out of the soft myriad darkness of a May night; the next night he would be gone [...].
- 2011 April 6–19, Kara Krekeler, "Researchers at Washington U. have 'itch' to cure problem", West End Word, 40 (7), p. 8:
- "As a clinician, it's a difficult symptom to treat," Cornelius said. "The end symptom may be the same, but what's causing it may be myriad."
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 131:
- (modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous [from 18th c.]
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
Translations
See also
- plethora
Swedish
Noun
myriad c
- a myriad
Declension
References
- myriad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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galore
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh?w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???l??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???l??/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /???lo?/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /???lo(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /???lo?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Hyphenation: ga?lore
Adjective
galore (not comparable)
- (postpositive) In abundance. [from late 17th c.]
- Synonyms: aplenty; see also Thesaurus:abundant
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:rare
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:
- […] But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."
Translations
Noun
galore (plural galores)
- (archaic) An abundance; plenty.
- 1857, Journal of Australasia (volume 2, page 38)
- The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration.[sic, meaning exhilaration]
- 1857, Journal of Australasia (volume 2, page 38)
Translations
References
Further reading
- galore (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- galero, gaoler, goaler
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