squillion
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪljən/
noun
Etymology: See -illion.
- A very large, unspecified number (of).
“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, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion.”
“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.”