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thirty-eleven en · ADJ

Etymology

From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the thirties.

Meanings

1. (US, dialectal, informal, not-comparable) Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.
   • "Thirty-eleven... Papa, what comes after thirty eleven?" "There is no thirty-eleven," he said gruffly. "It goes thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one." "And then what?" 1994, Megan Chance, chapter 7, in After the Frost:
   • "Comfortable!" fairly shrieked Sophrania. "Yes, comfortable to you because you don't have to climb those ladder-like stairs... nor have you done the distance from the kitchen to the front door thirty-eleven times a day..." 1920 March 31, Lily Wandel, “Franklin Comes to the Rescue”, in Buffalo Evening Times, page 17:

Forms

Relateds

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

Synonyms

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