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noun
1.
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
4.
a baseball team.
5.
EXPANDa playing card with nine pips.
6.
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adjective
7.
amounting to nine in number.
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Nine
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
8.
dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.: All the girls were dressed to the nines for the party.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, nigon, cognate with Dutch negen, akin to German neun, Old Norse nīu, Gothic niun, Latin novem, Greek ennéa, Sanskrit náva
before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, nigon, cognate with Dutch negen, akin to German neun, Old Norse nīu, Gothic niun, Latin novem, Greek ennéa, Sanskrit náva
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| nine (naɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight |
| 2. | a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it |
| 4. | Also: nine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight: the play starts at nine |
| 5. | informal dressed to the nines, dressed up to the nines elaborately dressed |
| 6. | 999 (in Britain) the telephone number of the emergency services |
| 7. | nine to five normal office hours: he works nine to five; a nine-to-five job |
| —determiner | |
| 8. | a. amounting to nine: nine days |
| b. (as pronoun): nine of the ten are ready | |
| Related: nona- | |
| [Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem] | |
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Word Origin & History
nine
O.E. nigen, from P.Gmc. *niwun (cf. O.Fris. niugun, O.N. niu, Du. negen, Ger. neun, Goth. niun "nine"), from PIE (e)newn (cf. Skt. nava, Avestan nava, Gk. ennea, Alb. nende, L. novem, Lith. devnyi, O.C.S. deveti (the Balto-Slavic forms by dissimilation of -n- to -d-), O.Ir. noin, Welsh naw). Ninth is
EXPANDO.E. nigonðe. Sense in cloud nine, etc., possibly because, "As the largest one-figure integer, nine is sometimes used for emphasis" [Shipley]. Nine to five "the average workday" is attested from 1959. Nine days has been proverbial since 14c. for the time which a wonder or novelty holds attention. The game of ninepins is attested from 1580.
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| NINE National Institute of Nutritional Education |
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nine
see dressed to kill (to the nines); on cloud nine; possession is nine points of the law; whole nine yards.
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