nine, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ennead (plural enneads)
(obsolete) The number nine.
Synonym: nonad
(rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects.
• monad · duad, dyad · triad · tetrad · pentad · hexad · heptad · octad · ennead, nonad · decad, decade · hendecad · dodecad, duodecade
• Na-Dene, Na-Dené, needna
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.
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).
• 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
