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jillion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒɪljən/
  • (General-American) audio
  • jĭl′yən

Etymology

See -illion.

Meanings

  1. (excessive, slang) An unspecified large number (of).
    • I know this has been asked a jillion times, but news server displays only one days^([sic]) worth of posts.. 1995 December 29, Kreg Harrison, “11th hour- lecher where??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure (Usenet):
    • “One jillion dollars!” 1999 April 27, Patric M. Verrone, “A Fishful of Dollars” (11:00 from the start), in Futurama, season 1, episode 6 (television episode), spoken by Philip J. Fry (Billy West), United States, via FOX, 1ACV06:

Forms

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jillions Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

gigajillion · jillionth