eleventh

[ ih-lev-uhnth ]

adjective

1. next after the tenth; being the ordinal number for 11.
2. being one of 11 equal parts.

noun

1. an eleventh part, especially of one (1/11).
2. the eleventh member of a series.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eleventh¹

before 1000; Middle English enleventh, enlefte, Old English endlyfta (akin to Old Frisian andlofta, Old Saxon ellifto ). See eleven, -th ²

Example Sentences

The eleventh hour, the two-minute silence.

From BBC

“The DOJ will abandon its Eleventh Circuit appeal of the dismissal of the classified documents case,” he said.

From BBC

That hasn't changed at the eleventh hour.

From Salon

Ominously, the court’s intervention signals to other states that they can commence purges at the eleventh hour, suppressing the vote through legal gamesmanship that Congress sought to ban.

From Slate

And now, at the eleventh hour, a shadowy group is barging in to muddy the waters even further.

From Slate