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twenty-eleven en · ADJ

Etymology

From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the twenties.

Meanings

1. (US, dialectal, informal, not-comparable) Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.
   • I ask dem for some sup; dey give me littel bit of bread and sheese—I say I was hope I shall be put to bed agreeable—dey put me in a garret! and all de night twenty-eleven rats shall run 'bout, as if to play at a blindman's bluff. 1831, Anonymous, "A Collection on Drawings", American Comic Annual, p. 182

Forms

Relateds

seventy-eleven · ninety-eleven · thirty-eleven · forty-eleven · eighty-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