scrillionn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈskrɪljən/, U.S.

/ˈskrɪljən/

Forms: 1900s– scrillion, 1900s– skrillion.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: million n., billion n., trillion n.

Etymology: An (arbitrary and humorous) alteration of million n., billion n., trillion n., etc. Compare squillion n., gazillion n., zillion n., etc.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. n.

A very large (but indefinite) number or quantity (of something). Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude

sandc825

thousandc1000

un-i-rimeOE

legiona1325

fernc1325

multitudec1350

hundred1362

abundancec1384

quantityc1390

sight1390

felec1394

manyheada1400

lastc1405

sortc1475

infinityc1480

multiplie1488

numbers1488

power1489

many1525

flock1535

heapa1547

multitudine1547

sort1548

myriads1555

myriads1559

infinite1563

tot-quot1565

dickera1586

multiplea1595

troop1596

multitudes1598

myriad1611

sea-sands1656

plurality1657

a vast many1695

dozen1734

a good few1756

nation1762

vast1793

a wheen (of)1814

swad1828

lot1833

tribe1833

slew1839

such a many1841

right smart1842

a million and one1856

horde1860

a good several1865

sheaf1865

a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869

immense1872

dunnamuch1875

telephone number1880

umpty1905

dunnamany1906

skit1913

umpteen1919

zillion1922

gang1928

scrillion1935

jillion1942

900 number1977

gazillion1978

fuckload1984

1935 Photoplay Sept. 50/1 I..drove out to director W. S. Van Dyke's swimming party for kids... There were scrillions of wee ones there.

1953 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Jrnl. 25 June 22/8 I wish I had kept account of how many plants I cut... Scrillions of them.

1995 Washington Post 9 Nov. d8/2 The paintings are..worth too much to venture a guess what they would sell for... ‘Scrillions,’ said Brown.

1998 Gazette (Colorado Springs) 14 May (News section) 5/1 Musta cost a scrillion.

2004 J. Spolsky Joel on Software xl. 284 Within a short time, scrillions of companies sprung up offering memory cards, hard drives, graphics cards, printers, etc.

B. adj. (attributive).

With an article, numeral, or other quantifier, and followed by a plural noun: amounting to a very large (but indefinite) number or quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > used for large number

sevenOE

fortya1616

any1758

steen1886

steenth1895

zillion1901

umpty1916

umptieth1917

umpteen1918

umpteenth1918

bazillion1939

scrillion1945

1945 Amer. Flint Nov. 20/2 All it would cost to remodel the plant along efficient lines would be a measly scrillion dollars.

1958 Mag. Fantasy & Sci. Fiction June 22/1 I glanced up at the sky ablaze with a skrillion stars.

1993 Guardian 16 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 52/1 We may be spoiled for choice these days, with a scrillion variously flavoured mustards, but too many of them are pretty insipid.

2017 @jenp2 25 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) My bedroom is 155 scrillion degrees. Even with the fan working its little arse off.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scrillion
释义	scrillionn.adj. Brit. /ˈskrɪljən/, U.S. /ˈskrɪljən/ Forms: 1900s– scrillion, 1900s– skrillion. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: million n., billion n., trillion n. Etymology: An (arbitrary and humorous) alteration of million n., billion n., trillion n., etc. Compare squillion n., gazillion n., zillion n., etc. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. n. A very large (but indefinite) number or quantity (of something). Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude sandc825 thousandc1000 un-i-rimeOE legiona1325 fernc1325 multitudec1350 hundred1362 abundancec1384 quantityc1390 sight1390 felec1394 manyheada1400 lastc1405 sortc1475 infinityc1480 multiplie1488 numbers1488 power1489 many1525 flock1535 heapa1547 multitudine1547 sort1548 myriads1555 myriads1559 infinite1563 tot-quot1565 dickera1586 multiplea1595 troop1596 multitudes1598 myriad1611 sea-sands1656 plurality1657 a vast many1695 dozen1734 a good few1756 nation1762 vast1793 a wheen (of)1814 swad1828 lot1833 tribe1833 slew1839 such a many1841 right smart1842 a million and one1856 horde1860 a good several1865 sheaf1865 a (bad, good, etc.) sortc1869 immense1872 dunnamuch1875 telephone number1880 umpty1905 dunnamany1906 skit1913 umpteen1919 zillion1922 gang1928 scrillion1935 jillion1942 900 number1977 gazillion1978 fuckload1984 1935 Photoplay Sept. 50/1 I..drove out to director W. S. Van Dyke's swimming party for kids... There were scrillions of wee ones there. 1953 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Jrnl. 25 June 22/8 I wish I had kept account of how many plants I cut... Scrillions of them. 1995 Washington Post 9 Nov. d8/2 The paintings are..worth too much to venture a guess what they would sell for... ‘Scrillions,’ said Brown. 1998 Gazette (Colorado Springs) 14 May (News section) 5/1 Musta cost a scrillion. 2004 J. Spolsky Joel on Software xl. 284 Within a short time, scrillions of companies sprung up offering memory cards, hard drives, graphics cards, printers, etc. B. adj. (attributive). With an article, numeral, or other quantifier, and followed by a plural noun: amounting to a very large (but indefinite) number or quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > used for large number sevenOE fortya1616 any1758 steen1886 steenth1895 zillion1901 umpty1916 umptieth1917 umpteen1918 umpteenth1918 bazillion1939 scrillion1945 1945 Amer. Flint Nov. 20/2 All it would cost to remodel the plant along efficient lines would be a measly scrillion dollars. 1958 Mag. Fantasy & Sci. Fiction June 22/1 I glanced up at the sky ablaze with a skrillion stars. 1993 Guardian 16 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 52/1 We may be spoiled for choice these days, with a scrillion variously flavoured mustards, but too many of them are pretty insipid. 2017 @jenp2 25 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) My bedroom is 155 scrillion degrees. Even with the fan working its little arse off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1935
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