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eleventh (adj., n.)

"next in order after the tenth; an ordinal numeral; being one of eleven equal parts into which a whole is regarded as divided;" late 14c., eleventhe, superseding earlier ellefte (c. 1300), enlefte (early 13c.), from Old English endleofta; see eleven + -th (1). Eleventh hour "last moment, just before it is too late" is in Old English, from the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew xx.1-16); as an adjective by 1829.

But aboute the elleventhe hour he wente out and founde other stondynge, and he seide to hem, what stonden ye idel heere al dai? [Wyclif, Matthew xx] 

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Definitions of eleventh from WordNet
1
eleventh (n.)
position 11 in a countable series of things;
2
eleventh (adj.)
coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position;
Synonyms: th
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