Meanings
plural umptillions
- excessiveslangAn extremely large, unspecified number.
The cosmos is stranger than I can know: full of change, full of beauty. The rich tapestry of interlocking fields and forces weaves umptillion configurations, and every one is beautiful.
2010, Lou Anders, Fast Forward 21 more example
"Sarah tells me you work for a magazine." Rufus studied the living room while my mother studied him. "Why, that must be it, right there?" There were umptillion copies of Her strewn not so casually across the glass face of the coffee table by our couch, so it was hard to tell which one Baylor pointed to.
2017, Louise Hawes, The Language of StarsSynonyms: zillion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn extremely large, unspecified number.
Origin
- Englishump
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥-t(-s)
- Proto-Germanic*tegun(dz)
- Proto-Germanic*teguz
- Proto-Germanic*tigiwiz
- Englishumpty
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
- Latinmīlle
- Italianmille
- Italianmilione
- Old Frenchmillion
- Middle Frenchmillion
- Middle Englishmilioun
- Englishmillionbf.
- Englishumptillion
Cite this entry
umptillion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umptillion
“umptillion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umptillion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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