nineness

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noun

The property of being nine in number.

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Meanings

nounnineness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe property of being nine in number.

    Some day, let us hope, an architect will arise who will do justice to stairs, and who will design every step with an individuality of its own, so that we may climb delightedly from the oneness of the universe to the nineness of the Nine Muses[…]

    1922, Robert Lynd, The sporting life and other trifles, page 186

Origin

From nine + -ness.

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APA

nineness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nineness

MLA

“nineness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nineness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nineness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nineness.

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