Meanings
alternative ninety eleven · alternative ninety-leven · alternative ninety-'leven · alternative ninety-leben
- USdialectalinformalnot comparableVery many; too many to count; quite a lot.
Synonyms: countless, legion, eighty-eleven, eleventeen, eleventy, feelefold, fifty-eleven, forty-eleven
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery many; too many to count; quite a lot.
Origin
From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the nineties.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
ninety-eleven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eleven
“ninety-eleven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eleven. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety-eleven,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eleven.
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