umpteen

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump as in umpire, and simply a mnemonic rhyming aid.

"I'm going to have umpteen dozen fits!" — The Princess of the School, Angela Brazil
I stand to make a good bit on it.” “But I thought the thing was hollow,” he said; “it hasn’t paid a dividend for umpteen years.” “No,” I said, “it hasn’t, but it’s going to. — Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers

umteen

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning

From: —

Output

Worksheet Type (multi-select)

Scope

Difficulty

Max questions

0 words Min 50 words / Max 2,000 words