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noun
Etymology: z + -illion (as in million)
Date: 1934
an indeterminately large number <zillions of mosquitoes> • zillionth adjective
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zillion — (n.) 1944, arbitrary coinage with no definite numerical value; first recorded in Damon Runyon … Etymology dictionary
zillion — ► CARDINAL NUMBER informal ▪ an extremely large number of people or things. DERIVATIVES zillionaire noun zillionth ordinal number. ORIGIN from Z (perhaps as a symbol of an unknown quantity) + MILLION(Cf. ↑millionth) … English terms dictionary
zillion — ☆ zillion [zil′yən ] n. [arbitrary coinage, after MILLION] Informal a very large, indefinite number … English World dictionary
Zillion II — Infobox VG title = Zillion II: The Tri Formation Cycle developer = Tatsunoko Productions publisher = Sega designer = release = flagicon|Japan 1987 flagicon|US 1988 genre = Platform modes = Single player platforms = Sega Master System input = 8… … Wikipedia
zillion — /zil yeuhn/, n., pl. zillions, (as after a numeral) zillion, adj. Informal. n. 1. an extremely large, indeterminate number. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or amounting to a zillion. [1930 35; jocular alter. of million, billion, etc.] * * * … Universalium
zillion — zil|lion [ˈzıljən] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Z as the last in a series + million] informal a very large number of things ▪ I ve seen that movie a zillion times. zillion of ▪ zillions of mosquitoes … Dictionary of contemporary English
zillion — [[t]zɪ̱ljən[/t]] zillions NUM (emphasis) If you talk about a zillion people or things, you are emphasizing that there is an extremely large number of them. [INFORMAL] It s been a zillion years since I ve seen her. QUANT: QUANT of pl n You can… … English dictionary
zillion — noun An unspecified large number (of). When I want to switch Groupwise domains I am forced to click the cancel button on a login dialog box a zillion times (I’m not exaggerating... much) Syn: bajillion, bazillion, gazillion, googillion, hojillion … Wiktionary
zillion — Synonyms and related words: a billion, a crore, a lakh, a million, a myriad, a nonillion, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, astronomical number, billion, considerable, decillion, duodecillion, ever so many, full many, googol, googolplex,… … Moby Thesaurus
zillion — zil|lion [ zıljən ] number INFORMAL a very large number: A zillion people came to the concert … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
zillion — UK [ˈzɪljən] / US number informal a very large number A zillion people came to the concert … English dictionary
