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eighty-eleven

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
eighty-eleven
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

American usage; Informal

adj

Synonym of ninety-one.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quatre-vingt-onze

Usage

Inflected Forms

eighty eleven (alternative) eighty-leven (alternative) eighty-'leven (alternative)

Phrases

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven ninety-eleven

Frequently Paired Words

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven ninety-eleven

Synonyms

countless legion eighty-eleven eleventeen eleventy feelefold fifty-eleven forty-eleven manifold many manyfold morefold

Questions

What does eighty-eleven mean?
Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
Where does eighty-eleven come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce eighty-eleven

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