Myriad

Myriad is the word of the Month of February.

I can see it comes to us from Greek, because of the "y" being used as a vowel.

As a noun it means multitude or plethora (another Greek etymology!).

As an adjective, it means many and varied, or multitudinous.

It's one of myriad synonyms for abundant, like limitless, infinite, bountiful, numerous, etc.

I also want to address a question that came from someone in response to one of my articles on Musinglog.blogspot.com.

What is mawkish?

Thanks, Lou, for your question.

Mawkish means sentimental, especially overly sentimental.

It comes from some language other than Greek. Though there are many Greek last names in the US that start with the letter "K," you won't see many words translated from Greek that contain "k."

If you would like to create a mawkish atmosphere, or if you like sand clocks and lava lamps, see "Polite Addition" in Musinglog.!