elevenpenny

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adjective

Having a value or cost of elevenpence.

OriginEnglish penny ← Middle English peny ← Old English peniġ →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveelevenpenny (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a value or cost of elevenpence.

    So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.

    1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 99

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  5. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*ainalif
  7. Proto-West Germanic*ainalif
  8. Proto-West Germanic*ainalifun
  9. Old Englishendleofan
  10. Middle Englishelleven
  11. Englisheleven
  12. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  13. Latinpatina
  14. Latinpanna?
  15. Latinpannus?
  16. Proto-Germanic*panningaz
  17. Proto-West Germanic*panning
  18. Old Englishpeniġ
  19. Middle Englishpeny
  20. Englishpenny
  21. Englishelevenpenny

From eleven + penny.

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APA

elevenpenny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elevenpenny

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Chicago

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