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nth

  [enth]
Use nth in a Sentence
–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.
—Idiom
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   (ěnth)   
adj.  

  1. Relating to an unspecified ordinal number: ten to the nth power.

  2. Highest; utmost: delighted to the nth degree.


[n2, indefinite number + -th3.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Idioms & Phrases

nth

see to the nth degree.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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