"eighty-eleven" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: eighty eleven [alternative], eighty-leven [alternative], eighty-'leven [alternative]
Etymology: Originally as a calque of French quatre-vingt-onze. In American dialects, from humorous use of eleven to continue counting the eighties. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|quatre-vingt-onze}} French quatre-vingt-onze Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} eighty-eleven (not comparable)
  1. (informal, chiefly US, dialectical) Very many; too many to count; quite a lot. Tags: US, dialectal, informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-eighty-eleven-en-adj-mSF1wGRp Categories (other): American English, African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English numbers, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Eleven Disambiguation of African-American Vernacular English: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English numbers: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Eleven: 100 0 Synonyms: countless, legion, eighty-eleven, eleventeen, eleventy, feelefold [obsolete], fifty-eleven, forty-eleven, manifold, many, manyfold, morefold, multiple, multiplicate, multiplied, ninety-eleven, numbersome, numerous, seventy-eleven, several, sixty-eleven, thirty-eleven, twenty-eleven, umpteen, umpty-ump, uncountable
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of ninety-one. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Synonyms: ninety-one [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-eighty-eleven-en-adj-vUue2WDF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: twenty-eleven, thirty-eleven, forty-eleven, fifty-eleven, sixty-eleven, seventy-eleven, ninety-eleven
Categories (other): Eighty Disambiguation of Eighty: 0 0

Alternative forms

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