umpty

adjective

ump·​ty

ˈəm(p)tē,

-ti

: such and such

umpty percent of all new houses

—Kansas City Star, Missouri

—often used in combination

the umpty-fifth regiment

—Bill Mauldin

Word History

Etymology

probably alteration of -enty (as in twenty, seventy)

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