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eighty-eleven en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (US, dialectal, informal, not-comparable) Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
   • ...eighty-eleven other things... 1964, Aviation Week & Space Technology, volume 80, page 24:
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Synonym of ninety-one.
   • Q. Do not they go on saying "eighty-eleven" for "ninety-one," &c.? A. Yes, to ninety-nine. 1854, Percy Sadler, The Stepping Stone to French Pronunciation and Conversation..., p. 65

Forms

Relateds

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

Synonyms

seventy-eleven · countless · forty-eleven · fifty-eleven · eighty-eleven · several · multiplied · morefold · numerous · twenty-eleven · numbersome · eleventy · multiple · ninety-one · feelefold · many · thirty-eleven · eleventeen · umpteen · manifold · sixty-eleven · legion · manyfold · uncountable · umpty-ump · multiplicate · ninety-eleven