Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zilliard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zil-liard
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unspecified large number (of).

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"That a Merkin show? And still running? Coz if so, I will have the opportunity to watch it soon for I'm going to spend three months in San Francisco. Yeah! You DO have one zilliard TV-Programmes over there, don't you?"
"No, I cannot be raised yet, to read the umpteen zilliards of finely honed postings, and cringe at wot I might have sent some xxxweeks ago to gawd-noes-wear, and read the indignant responses, and then get thoroughly upset about them, so whinge orft another mindless reply)."
"Yes, repeatedly, as Po said. He deserves at least a zilliard points for this, but I'll be restrained and only give him two."

Etymology

See -illiard. Possibly modeled on zillion.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -illiard

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

zilliards (plural)

Questions

What does zilliard mean?: An unspecified large number (of).
Where does zilliard come from?: See -illiard. Possibly modeled on zillion.

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