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单词 nongenary
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nongenaryn.

Brit. /nɒnˈdʒiːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈnɑndʒəˌnɛri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nongenarius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin nongenarius containing nine hundred (5th–6th cent.; < nongeni nine hundred each (5th–6th cent.; shortened < nongenteni (5th–6th cent.) < classical Latin nōngentī nine hundred ( < novem nine (see novem- comb. form) + centum a hundred: see centum n.2) + -ēnī , suffix forming distributive adjectives: see nonagenarian n.) + -arius -ary suffix1), after centenary n. Compare nonagenary n.
rare.
(The celebration of) a nine hundredth anniversary.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries
jubileec1386
quinquagenary1588
centenary1661
millennium1664
secular1706
coming of age1788
centennial1791
tricentenary1846
tercentenary1855
quinquennial1857
ter-millenary1864
sexcentenary1865
semi-centenary1870
bicentenary1872
septcentenary1873
quincentenary1877
sesquicentennial1880
quadricentennial1882
bicentennial1883
quatercentenary1883
tricentennial1883
tercentennial1884
quincentennial1885
octocentenary1888
quadrennial1890
quingentenary1892
octingentenary1893
ruby anniversary1893
semi-jubilee1893
septingentenary1893
millennial1896
millenary1897
quadringenary1905
quingenary1911
bimillenary1961
sesquicentenary1961
quasquicentennial1962
nongenary1966
octocentennial1994
1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 72/2 A list of not intolerable forms is here offered... Centē′nary,..octingē′nary, nongē′nary, millē′nary.
1965 E. Gowers Fowler's Mod. Eng. Usage (ed. 2) 83/1 Nor is anyone, however passionate a supporter of etymological correctness, likely to try to introduce sescenary, septingenary, octingenary, or nongenary.]
1966 New Statesman 8 Apr. 511/2 The painters are in no way concerned with the nongenary of the Battle of Hastings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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