myriad

MEER-ee-udadj

Meaning countless; extremely many

Memory hook MYRIAD: Greek for TEN THOUSAND. Lila tries to count the stars above the campsite and gives up after ten thousand. There are myriad stars.

On a clear night in the desert, myriad stars fill the sky.

In context The coral reef was home to myriad creatures: bright fish, waving sea fans, darting shrimp and more kinds of life than the divers could count.

Similar countless, innumerable, numerous, untold

Opposite few

From Greek myrias, “ten thousand,” which came to mean a number too great to count.

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