ADJ.
different, fitted, last
VERB + ELEVENTEEN
reach
ELEVENTEEN + NOUN
people, ways
PREP.
about
num
Twenty-one (21).
Many giglets I have married seen / Ere they forsooth could reach eleventeen.
A relatively large number, not precisely specified.
"He fitted about eleventeen thousand people last year."
Trust me, I've checked every angle and analyzed a zillion options eleventeen different ways.
A nonsense number.
Hobbes: Ooh, that's a tricky one. You have to use calculus and imaginary numbers for this. Calvin: Imaginary numbers?! Hobbes: You know, eleventeen, thirty-twelve, all those.
Many giglets I have married seen / Ere they forsooth could reach eleventeen.
Wiktionary"He fitted about eleventeen thousand people last year."
WiktionaryTrust me, I've checked every angle and analyzed a zillion options eleventeen different ways.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, eleventeen is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.