squillion
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English
Etymology
See + -illion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskwɪljən/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪljən
Noun
squillion (plural squillions)
- (slang, used hyperbolically) A very large, unspecified number (of).
- 1974, Fynn, Mister God, This Is Anna, Ballantine Books (2000), →ISBN, pages 102-103:
- The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion.
- 1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, page 138:
- You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing.
- 2004 May 7, Xaonon, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet):
- It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen.
- 2004 May 8, Noelle S. Alito, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet):
- I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself.
- 1974, Fynn, Mister God, This Is Anna, Ballantine Books (2000), →ISBN, pages 102-103:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:zillion.
Translations
very large, unspecified number — see zillion
See also
Indefinite and fictitious numbers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
