Definitions
being one more than ten
Word origin
From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.
Used in a sentence
“It was a thunderstormy morning, eleven o'clock, with great dashes of rain pounding against the windows.”
“It was also a work of fiction in which another work of fiction (Gulliver's Travels) was real; that Chinese box of an idea is wonderful to discover when you're eleven.”
“Sneeze is well known by all followers of U. of D. athletics for his great work at halfback on the Flyers' eleven for the past four seasons [...]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“One over ten”6 letters
02“Number after ten”6 letters
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