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Definition of "gazillionth" [gazillionth]

  • A former German colony of southwest Africa. It was annexed by Germany in 1885 and awarded to South Africa as the mandate of South-West Africa (now Namibia) by the League of Nations in 1919.

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gazillionth" in a sentence
  • "He also should be prepared to make his gazillionth defense of his controversial decision to schedule Jay Leno's comedy-talk show each weeknight at 10 pm."
  • "The majority of these heads are gazillionth-order plaster cast reproductions (knock-offs of knock-offs of knock-offs) of originals held in the Laurence Hutton Collection at Princeton."
  • "Liz: Hey, if we're meant to "just enjoy the ride", then what, I wonder, are we doing up late over-analyzing this mother-lovin 'show for the gazillionth time?"