squillionn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈskwɪljən/, U.S.

/ˈskwɪljən/

Etymology: Arbitrary alteration of million, billion, etc.; compare zillion adj. and n.

colloquial.

a. Hyperbolically: a very large number of millions; an enormous number. Frequently as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > powers of a million

quadrilliona1690

quintilliona1690

trilliona1690

nonillion1690

octillion1690

septillion1690

sextillion1690

trimillion1707

decillion1709

centillion1754

sexillion1758

vigintillion1928

googol1940

googolplex1940

squillion1943

1943 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury LVII. 456/2 The deep blue sea..was a pearly blue, like ten squillion big pearl jewels dissolved in running gold.

1982 Computerworld 23 Aug. 48/3 (caption) Huh! It doesn't even go up to a zillion squillion.

1986 Independent 16 Dec. 14/3 The Prime Minister intends to fill the gap between the Queen's Christmas broadcast and the Boxing Day walk by reading Sir Frank Layfield's squillion-word report on Sizewell.

1988 Smash Hits 19 Oct. 79/1 Squillions of francs..were spent.

b. elliptical for ‘a squillion dollars (pounds, etc.)’; a very large amount of money.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum

pounda1225

ransom?a1300

fother14..

gob1542

mint1579

king's ransomc1590

abomination1604

coda1680

a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710

plunk1767

big money1824

pot1856

big one?1863

a small fortune1874

four figures1893

poultice1902

parcel1903

bundle1905

pretty1909

real money1918

stack1919

packet1922

heavy sugar1926

motza1936

big bucks1941

bomb1958

wedge1977

megadollars1980

squillion1986

bank1995

1986 Weekend Austral. 26 Apr. 15/1 There's a quantum leap between making squillions out of exporting things where no particular care is required to exporting manufactured goods.

1987 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 18 Aug. 24 (heading) Goward chases his first squillion with Westmex.

Derivatives

squillioˈnaire n. one who is extraordinarily wealthy; a multimillionaire.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > person who has large amount of money

jingle-boya1640

four-millioneer1667

plum1709

millionary1786

millionaire1795

money bag1820

millionista1843

trimillionaire1848

multimillionaire1858

billionaire1861

millioner1865

trillionaire1873

quadrillionairea1876

thousandaire1896

milliardaire1897

multibillionaire1906

zillionaire1926

multi1950

mega-millionaire1968

squillionaire1979

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 547 Objects are exhibited alongside Rembrandts, Titian's ‘The Rape of Europa’, and other pieces collected with the advice of Bernard Berenson, the art scholar who coined the term ‘squillionaire’.

1989 Private Eye 1 Sept. 8/1 Several of the squillionaires at the back start shouting abusive remarks about the morality of queue-barging.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	squillion
释义	squillionn.adj. Brit. /ˈskwɪljən/, U.S. /ˈskwɪljən/ Etymology: Arbitrary alteration of million, billion, etc.; compare zillion adj. and n. colloquial. a. Hyperbolically: a very large number of millions; an enormous number. Frequently as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > powers of a million quadrilliona1690 quintilliona1690 trilliona1690 nonillion1690 octillion1690 septillion1690 sextillion1690 trimillion1707 decillion1709 centillion1754 sexillion1758 vigintillion1928 googol1940 googolplex1940 squillion1943 1943 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury LVII. 456/2 The deep blue sea..was a pearly blue, like ten squillion big pearl jewels dissolved in running gold. 1982 Computerworld 23 Aug. 48/3 (caption) Huh! It doesn't even go up to a zillion squillion. 1986 Independent 16 Dec. 14/3 The Prime Minister intends to fill the gap between the Queen's Christmas broadcast and the Boxing Day walk by reading Sir Frank Layfield's squillion-word report on Sizewell. 1988 Smash Hits 19 Oct. 79/1 Squillions of francs..were spent. b. elliptical for ‘a squillion dollars (pounds, etc.)’; a very large amount of money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 1986 Weekend Austral. 26 Apr. 15/1 There's a quantum leap between making squillions out of exporting things where no particular care is required to exporting manufactured goods. 1987 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 18 Aug. 24 (heading) Goward chases his first squillion with Westmex. Derivatives squillioˈnaire n. one who is extraordinarily wealthy; a multimillionaire. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > person who has large amount of money jingle-boya1640 four-millioneer1667 plum1709 millionary1786 millionaire1795 money bag1820 millionista1843 trimillionaire1848 multimillionaire1858 billionaire1861 millioner1865 trillionaire1873 quadrillionairea1876 thousandaire1896 milliardaire1897 multibillionaire1906 zillionaire1926 multi1950 mega-millionaire1968 squillionaire1979 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 547 Objects are exhibited alongside Rembrandts, Titian's ‘The Rape of Europa’, and other pieces collected with the advice of Bernard Berenson, the art scholar who coined the term ‘squillionaire’. 1989 Private Eye 1 Sept. 8/1 Several of the squillionaires at the back start shouting abusive remarks about the morality of queue-barging. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1943
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