jillion
/ˈdʒɪljən
/cardinal number informal, chiefly North American
An extremely large number: they ran jillions of ads...
- Why is he telling us that his jillions of readers have a question?
- Here on the Front Range, we get jillions of the little guys every spring.
- When you compare it to previous wars, the Second World War, the Vietnam War, a jillion other wars, civilian casualties were very low.
Origin
1940s: fanciful formation on the pattern of billion and million.
Rhymes
- disembodied
- disembodiment
- disembody
- disembogue
- disemboguement
- disembowel
- disembowelment
- disembroil
- disempower
- disempowerment
- disenable
- disenchant
- disenchanted
- disenchanting
- disenchantingly
- disenchantment
- disencumber
- disendorse
- disendow
- disendowment
- disenfranchise
- disenfranchisement
- disengage
- disengaged
- disengagement