Novemdecillion

//ˌnoʊvəmdəˈsɪl.i.ən// num, slang

Definitions

Numeral
  1. 1
    10⁶⁰. US, rare

    "It is one chance in a novemdecillion. For those who like to be precise, that exact statistic is one chance in 1,606,937,974,174,171,729,761,809,705,564,167,968,221,676,069,604,401,795,301,376."

  2. 2
    10¹¹⁴. dated, rare
  3. 3
    A very large but unspecified number (of). colloquial, excessive

    "2000–2006: Quantum Mechanics, Abarim Publications http://www.abarim-publications.com/JessicaRabbitExplains.html ‘When we say 2 we mean exactly 2, not 2,00001 or 2,0000000000000001 or 2 with a novemdecillion zeroes and then a 1...’."

Etymology

From Latin novemdec(im) (“nineteen”) + -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc.

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