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umptieth

umptieth adjective: a generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition.

Adjective

umptieth (not comparable)

  1. (informal) A generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition.
    • After he retied the knot for the umptieth time, he finally figured out how to make it stay tied.

Origin of umptieth

From umpty + -eth.

Questions about umptieth

What does umptieth mean?
Umptieth means a generic ordinal number; a last or one of the latest in a long series; implies repetition.
What part of speech is umptieth?
Umptieth is an adjective.

Words near umptieth in the dictionary

  1. umpteenth
  2. umptekite
  3. umptekites
  4. umptekitic
  5. umptiest
  6. umptieth
  7. umptillion
  8. umptillions
  9. umpty
  10. umpty-ump
  11. umpty-umpth

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