eleventy

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eleventy

  • /ɪˈlɛvənti/

Where it comes from

From eleven + -ty, from Old English hundendleftiġ (also spelled hundendleofantiġ, hundendlyftiġ, and hundælleftiġ). See twelfty for more. Popularized in the 20th century by J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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  1. informal The number 110, 11 × 10. Compounds with other numerals: eleventy-one (111), eleventy-six (116), eleventy first (one-hundred and eleventh), etc.
  2. colloquial An indefinite large number. No grown-up people, no babies, no girls. It was a world of boys, eleventy and a hundred strong.

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num one hundred and ten

中文一百一十
Françaisonzante
Русскийсто де́сять sto désjatʹ

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@misc{eleventy_2026,
  title = {eleventy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eleventy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}