elevenpenny

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *lībaną Proto-Germanic *-lif Proto-Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun Old English endleofan Middle English elleven English eleven Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peny English penny English elevenpenny From eleven + penny.

Definitions

1
Having a value or cost of elevenpence.
- So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for elevenpenny. 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