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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

nth

or nth plus One, in University slang, means to the utmost degree. Thus, Cut to the nth means wholly unnoticed by a friend. The expression is taken from the index of a mathematical formula, where n stands for any number, and n + 1, one more than any number.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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