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nth

[enth]
–adjective
1. being the last in a series of infinitely decreasing or increasing values, amounts, etc.
2. (of an item in a series of occurrences, planned events, things used, etc., that is thought of as being infinitely large) being the latest, or most recent: This is the nth time I've told you to eat slowly.
3. the nth degree or power,
a. a high degree or power.
b. the utmost degree or extent: The new hotel was luxurious to the nth degree.

Origin:
1850–55; N (symbol, def. 5) + -th 2
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nth 
1852, in phrase to the nth, figurative use of a mathematical term indicating indefinite number, in which n is an abbreviation for number.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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