eighty-eleven meaning (informal): definition

eighty-eleven

adj

Etymology Originally as a calque of French quatre-vingt-onze. In American dialects, from humorous use of eleven to continue counting the eighties.

US, Dialectal, Informal Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

...eighty-eleven other things...1964, Aviation Week & Space Technology, volume 80, page 24:

Obsolete Synonym of ninety-one.

Q. Do not they go on saying "eighty-eleven" for "ninety-one," &c.? A. Yes, to ninety-nine.1854, Percy Sadler, The Stepping Stone to French Pronunciation and Conversation..., p. 65

Related terms: twenty-eleven, thirty-eleven, forty-eleven, fifty-eleven, sixty-eleven, seventy-eleven, ninety-eleven