myriorama

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μυρίος (muríos, “countless, endless, infinite”) + Ancient Greek ὅραμα (hórama, “sight”). By surface analysis, myri- +‎ -orama. === Noun === myriorama (plural myrioramas) A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate cards so that they can be combined in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes. A traveling roadshow in the late 19th century featuring painted canvases that move on rollers to music (panoramas), reenactments of historical events with moving models (dioramas), variety acts, and lectures, all accompanied by sound effects, light effects, and smoke. (figurative) A shifting collection of ideas, locations, descriptions, or experiences. ==== Related terms ==== diorama === References === OED “myriorama”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.