novennium

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

novennium (plural novennia)

  1. (rare) A nine-year period.
    Coordinate terms: annum, biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, decennium, vicennium, tricennium, centennium, quincentennium, millennium, decamillennium, centimillennium, millionennium
    • 1871, Henry Scale English, Crowland and Burgh, volume 3, page 148:
      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 []

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Latin

Etymology

From novennis (9-year) +‎ -ium (forming abstract nouns).

Noun

novennium n

  1. (Late Latin) A nine-year period.

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