nth

14 7.0

Of a very large or final number in a series

adjective
/ɛnθ/

: n-ésimo

I've explained this concept to you for the nth time, but it still seems unclear.
to the nth degree
for the nth time

The largest realization is the NTH order statistic OK.

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Examples

I will state again for the nth time that I'm not one of them.

Blog text (9)
Here were two old men who epitomized to the nth degree suspicion and hatred of their fellows and a desire to gather together to themselves everything they could lay their hands on.

Academic text (2016)
And I like went to the NTH degree to make sure of that.

Rich Roll
I will protect you to the NTH degree, right.
And I'm competitive to the NTH degree, but it became more than a game for me.

Ed Mylett
And to repeat for the Nth time, is not the basis of his reasoning or his vote.

Blog text (5)
It feels like everything is planned out to the NTH degree.
FOR THE Nth TIME: I am not saying that it is true, sir.

Blog text (34)
Janet wondered, for the nth maddening time, where Nick had gone after English this morning.

Fiction book (1991)
Every nth voter was given a brief questionnaire to complete as they left the polling place.

Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

umpteenth

vsnth

Informal

9 6.5

Said when something has happened many times before, often too many times

is broader, meaning an unspecified extreme or very large position rather than just repetition

zillionth

vsnth

Informal

1 8.2

A very large number that is not exact

is used more widely to mark an unspecified extreme or repeated instance

Idioms

to the nth degree

6 6.1

Very extreme in every way

How Many

nth

14 7.0

countless

248 2.5

many

∞ 1.0

a few

∞ 1.0

one

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

nth positive

Morphology

nth = n (transparent) = n + th

Formed by the variable 'n' plus the ordinal suffix '-th', so the meaning as 'the unspecified/large ordinal n' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word nth comes from the letter n that stands for any number in math, together with the ending -th that turns a number into an order, like 'fourth'. So nth means 'some last or very large number' or an unspecified item in a list, which is why saying 'to the nth degree' means doing something 'a lot' or to an extreme.