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umpteenth
ump·teen U0017300 (ŭmp′tēn′, ŭm′-)adj. Informal Relatively large but unspecified in number: umpteen reasons; umpteen guests.
[Slang ump(ty), dash in Morse code (of imitative origin) + -teen (as in thirteen).]
ump′teenth′ adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  umpteenth - last in an indefinitely numerous seriesumptieth, umteenthcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
Translationsumpteen (ˌampˈtiːn) pronoun, adjective a great many. I've reminded him umpteen times to send it. 無數的，許多的 无数的umpteenth pronoun, adjectiveFor the umpteenth time, don't speak with your mouth full!umpteenth
umpty-umpth and umpteenth (ˈəmptiˈəmpθ and ˈəmpˈtintθ) mod. thousandth, billionth, zillionth, etc. (Represents some very large but indefinite number.) This is the umpty-umpth time I’ve told you to keep your dog out of my yard. umpteenth verbSee umpty-umpthfor the umpteenth timeAn uncountable or indefinitely large number of times. The word umpteen is an American coinage that was believed, by John Ciardi and several other writers, to have come from nineteenth-century Morse code. In an early version of the code, M, pronounced “umpty,” meant “many,” probably based on M, the Roman numeral for one thousand. To this was added “teen,” for “ten,” presumably now meaning tens of thousands or, simply, a very large number. The expression “for the umpteenth time,” usually pronounced with some exasperation, means in effect that one has said or done something time and again and is thoroughly tired of the repetition.See also: time, umpteenthumpteenth
umpteenthA large number. The term is often used to express a negative reaction to something that keeps happening "for the umpteenth time!"umpteenth
Related to umpteenth: subtly, imminentlySynonyms for umpteenthadj last in an indefinitely numerous seriesSynonymsRelated Words |