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novennium

novennium noun: a nine-year period.

Noun

novennium (plural novennia)

  1. (rare) A nine-year period.
    • What he says of the novennium is an attempt at duplicity; he would have escaped with that if he could; he did not love to lie: What he says is that Ernulfus was a bishop a little over nine years […]1871, Henry Scale English, Crowland and Burgh, volume 3, page 148

Forms of novennium

pluralnovennia

Origin of novennium

From Late Latin novennium, from novennis (“9-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Questions about novennium

What does novennium mean?
Novennium means a nine-year period.
What part of speech is novennium?
Novennium is a noun.
What is the plural of novennium?
The plural of novennium is novennia.

Words near novennium in the dictionary

  1. novendial
  2. novendials
  3. novene
  4. novennia
  5. novennial
  6. novennium
  7. novercal
  8. novercaphobia
  9. noverint
  10. noverints
  11. Noveschi

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