UMPTEENTH


Meaning of UMPTEENTH in English

ump ‧ teenth /ˌʌmpˈtiːnθ◂/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: umpty 'many' (a joke word) (1900-2000) + -teenth (as in thirteenth ) ]

if something happens for the umpteenth time, it happens again after having happened many times before – used when you are annoyed that it has happened so often:

‘This is crazy,’ she told herself for the umpteenth time.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.