eighty-eleven

adj

Etymology

Originally as a calque of French quatre-vingt-onze. In American dialects, from humorous use of eleven to continue counting the eighties.

  1. derived from quatre-vingt-onze

Definitions

  1. Very many

    Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

    • ...eighty-eleven other things...
  2. Synonym of ninety-one.

    • Q. Do not they go on saying "eighty-eleven" for "ninety-one," &c.? A. Yes, to ninety-nine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for eighty-eleven. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA