ENNEAD

nine, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ennead (plural enneads)

(obsolete) The number nine.

Synonym: nonad

(rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects.

Coordinate terms

• monad · duad, dyad · triad · tetrad · pentad · hexad · heptad · octad · ennead, nonad · decad, decade · hendecad · dodecad, duodecade

Anagrams

• Na-Dene, Na-Dené, needna

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ennead

(Egyptian mythology) The collection of nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis and taking part in the Heliopolitan creation myth, together representing the sum of all the elements of the created world: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Nut, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys.

Etymology 2

Noun

Ennead (plural Enneads)

(philosophy) One of the six parts of the writings of the Greek-speaking philosopher Plotinus (204–205 – 270), each containing nine treatises, compiled by his student Porphyry (c. 234 – c. 305).

Anagrams

• Na-Dene, Na-Dené, needna

Source: Wiktionary

En"ne*ad, n. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: The number nine or a group of nine. The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition