wikipedia|Zillion
English
Etymology
See -illion
Pronunciation
IPA|/�skwɪlj�n/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪlj�n|-ɪlj�n
Noun
en-noun
- context|slang|used hyperbolically A very large, unspecified number (of).
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#:*"It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen." — 1
#:*"I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself. " — 2
Quotations
1974 � Fynn, Mister God, This Is Anna, Ballantine books 1976, p 63: "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, well, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion."
1990 � w:Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett, Eric, p 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."
Synonyms
zillion, bazillion, gazillion
jillion, bajillion, kajillion
Category:Cardinal numbers
ru:squillion
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