单词 | ninesome |
释义 | ninesomen.adj. A. n. A set of nine. rare before 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > group of nine ninesomec1440 novenary1587 ennead1653 nonary1666 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 523 (MED) Thy nedes..I notifiede my selfen Before þat noble of name & neynesom of kynges. 1973 Science 22 June 1264/2 The covering letter, signed by a ninesome of Nobelists, observes that the President's crash-cure approach..‘reflects the standard error of non-scientists’. 1986 Sports Illustr. (Nexis) 23 June 18 With a birdie at 14, he became the last of the ninesome with a chance to catch Floyd. 2000 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Electronic ed.) 30 July Enthused by a mental image of Time Team's Carenza on all fours with a trowel, surrounded by this voyeuristic ninesome, I decided it was the one for me. Consisting of nine. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1853 G. Johnstone Botany E. Borders 187 To find a cluster of nine,—‘a ninesome bobbin’—is fortunate, for it is a love-charm to dream upon. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid 224 She had an auchtsome or a ninesome family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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