enneandrian 
enneandrian (i-n-r-.-in'dri-iin), n. Same as en- 
enneandrous (rn-e-an'drus), a. [< NL. "i ///< - 
iiiiilnix, < (ir. /iwa, = E. niiir, + in-i/p (avip-), a 
man (in mod. bot. a stamen).] Having nine 
stamens, 
enneapetalous ('" v -pft'a-lus), a. [< NL. 
"en in a /a ><i/nx, < (ii:!n-iii, = ft. in in', + TtTaAov. a 
leaf (in mod. hot. a petal). ] I laving nine pctnls. 
Enneapterygii (i'ii"f'-up-t<'-rij'i-i), . pi. [NL. 
(Hloch nnil Schneider, 1H01), < Gr. iwta, = E. 
Him; + -ri'iii';. fin.] A group of fishes having, 
or supposed to have, nine fins. 
enneasemic (en'e-a-se'mik), a. [< Gr. as if 
* i I'l'Kiftrffws (cf. dtffqftoc,, etc., oKTanv/^of ), < iwta, = 
K. nine, + o't/ta, sign, mark, at//itiov, sign, mark, 
mora.] In IIIK; jiros., consisting of or equal to 
nine semeia (morse) or units of metrical mea- 
surement; having a magnitude of nine times or 
normal shorts : as, an enneasemic colon ; an iam- 
bic or a trochaic tripody is enneasemic. 
enneasepalous (en'e-a-sep'a-lus), a. [< NL. 
"fiincascpalus, < Gr. kwta, nine, + E. sepal.} 
In bot., having nine sepals. 
enneaspermous (en'e-a-sper'mus), a. [< NL. 
*enneas]>ermus,<. Gr. tw'ta, = E. nine, + airtpua, 
seed.] In bot., having nine seeds: as, ennea- 
spermous fruits. 
enneastyle (eu'e-a-stil), a. [< Gr. ewta, nine, 
+ orrAof, column: see style%.} Consisting of 
nine columns or pillars ; nine-columned. 
The misshapen monument called the Basilica, at Pa?s- 
tinn, . . . has a front of nine columns, or an enneastyle 
arrangement. Encyc. Brit., II. 410. 
enneasyllabic (en'e-a-si-lab'ik), a. [< Gr. h- 
waarAAa/tof, nine-syllabled, < iwta, = E. nine, 
+ (n^.7M t i>i, syllable.] Containing or consisting 
of nine syllables: as, an enneasyllabic verse. 
enneatict, enneaticalt (en-e-at'ik, -i-kal), a. 
A mistnki'ii form for enncadic, *enneadical.En- 
neatlcal days, every ninth day of a disease. Enneatical 
years, every ninth year of a man's life. 
enneation (en-e-a'shon), n. [< Gr. iwta = E. 
nine.} In entom., the ninth segment of insects. 
Maunders. 
from the tradition that the shrike kills nine vic- 
tims daily. The type is the European E. col- 
liirio. See nine-killer. 
ennewt (e-nu'), v. t. [< ME. ennewen, < en- 1 + 
ntwe, new. Cf. L. innovare, > E. innovate, of 
similar elements.] To make new ; renew. 
And maister Chaucer, that nobly enterprysed 
How that our Englyashe niyght fresshely be enneiced. 
Skelton, Garland of Laurel, 1. 389. 
enniche (en-nich'), v. t. [< en- 1 + niche.'} To 
place in a niche. [Rare.] 
Slawkcnbcrgius . . . deserves to be en-nieh'd as a pro- 
totype for all writers, of voluminous works at least, to 
model their books by. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, 111. 38. 
ennis, innis (en'is, in'is). [Ir. and Gael, innis, 
mix, an island, a sheltered valley, a graziug- 
place for cattle.] A frequent element in Irish 
place-names: as, Ennis, Enniscorthy, Ennis- 
killen. //mwfallen, etc. 
ennoble (e-no'bl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. ennobled, 
ppr. ennobling. [< OF. (and F.) cnnoblir, < en- 
+ noble, noble: see en- 1 and noble.} 1. To 
make noble ; confer a title of nobility on. 
On what principle was Hampden to be attainted for 
advising what Leslie was MMMM for doing? 
Macnnlay, Nugent's Hampden. 
\Vheu nobility depends on office bestowed by the kin^, 
it is plain that the kiiiK ran ninoUe; so at Rome, where 
nnltility dmeodod on omce bestowed by the people, it 
would not be too much to say that the people could en- 
nofcfe. E. A. Freeman, Atner. Lects., p. 304. 
Seven commoner* weiv enixibhd for their good offices. 
'. N. lirrmt, Irish Hist, for Eng. Readers, p. 11:1. 
2. To dignify; exalt; elevate in degree, ex- 
cellence, or respect. 
What can nniublf sots, or slaves, or cowards? 
Pope, Essay on Man, Iv. 215. 
Only those who know the supremacy of the Intellectual 
life the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and 
purpose within it can iindi-rstand the grief of one who 
falls from that serene activity into the absorbing . . . 
struggle with \v,,rl,lh annoyance*. 
Grorye Kliot, Middleman-!], II. 348. 
Ennobling this dull }>onip, tlic lift- of kii^s, 
By contemplation of diviner things. 
M. Arnold, Mycerinns. 
His images are noble, or, if borrowed from humble 
objects, ennobled by his humllin^. 
O. H'. //"/i/i run 1 ? -,,n, xvi. 
3f. To make notable, famous, or memorable. 
The Spaniards could not as invaders land In Ireland. 
but only rnnublt'tt some of the coast* thereof with ship- 
wrecks. Bacon. 
1939 
This man (Carolm Martellut] is much ennoblrd by many 
classical Historiographers. Coryal, Crudities, I. 47. 
Naples ... ! baokt by mountains enobled for their 
generous wines. Santiyi, Travailes, p. 108. 
ennoblement (e-no'bl-ment), n. [< ennoble + 
-mini.'] 1. The act of ennobling, or advancing 
to nobility; the state of being ennobled. 
He (Henry VII. (added during parliament to hl former 
creations the ennoblement or aduauceinent in nobilitie of 
a few others. Ilann, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 16. 
2. Exaltation; elevation in degree of excel- 
lence; dignity. 
The eternal wlsdome . . . enricht him with those en- 
n':'i/<'i,trnte which were worthy him that gave them. 
Glanmlle, Vanity of Dogmatizing, 1. 
ennobler (e-no'bler), n. One who or that which 
ennobles. 
Above all, the Ideal with him [Spenser] was not a thing 
apart and unattainable, but the sweetener and ennobler 
of the street and the fireside. JV. A. Rev., CXX. 357. 
Ennomidas (e-nom'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Enr.o- 
mus + -id(e.} A proposed family of moths: 
same as Ennomitue. Guenee, 1857. 
Ennoniinae (en-o-mi'ne), n. pi. [NL.. < Enno- 
mus + -inte."} A subfamily of geometnd moths, 
having as type the genus Ennomus. Packard, 
1876. Other names of the same group are En- 
nomidce and Ennomites. 
Ennomus (en'o-mus), n. [NL. (Treitschke, 
1825), < Gr. Iwo/ios, feeding in, inhabiting (a 
Elace), < iv, in, + vfftciv, feed, pasture, vl/ieotiat, 
jed, graze.] A genus of geometrid moths, 
typical of the subfamily Ennomiiut, having the 
body robust, the wings dentate, and the anten- 
nae stout. The larvw are tul>ereulate, and feed on the 
leaves of trees. The few species are confined to Europe. 
Originally Knnomot. 
ennoyt, . and v. An obsolete form of annoy. 
ennui (on-nwe'), n. [F., the mod. form of OF. 
enui, older anoi, > E. annoy : see annoy, .] A 
painful or wearisome state of mind due to the 
want of any object of interest, or to enforced 
attention to something destitute of interest; 
the condition of being bored; tedium. 
The only fault of it is Insipidity ; which is apt now and 
then to give a sort of ennui, which makes one form cer- 
tain little wishes that signify nothing. 6'rot/, Letters. 
Undoubtedly the very tedium and ennui which presume 
to have exhausted the variety and the joys of life are as 
old as Adam. Thnreau, Walden, p. 12. 
The dreadful disease of ennui, of life-weariness, attacks 
all who have no aim, no permanent purpose. 
J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 35. 
ennuy6 (oii-nwe-ya'), a. and n. [F. (fern, en- 
nuyec), pp. of ennuyer, affect with ennui, the 
mod. form of OF. anoier, > E. annoy : see an- 
noy, v., and cf. ennui.] I. a. Affected with 
ennui; bored; sated with pleasure. 
II. n. One affected with ennui; one whom 
satiety has rendered incapable of receiving 
pleasure from the occupations of life; one in- 
different to or bored by ordinary pleasures or 
interests. 
enodal (e-no'dal), a. [< e- + nodal.'} 1. In 
bot., without nodes ; jomtless. 2. Not having 
nodes: said of an aspect of a polyhedron. 
Kirkman. 
Also enodous. 
enodally (e-no'dal-i), adv. In an enodal man- 
ner or shape. 
enodationt(e-no-da'shqn), n. (<.li.enodatio(n-), 
< enodare, clear from knots, < e, out, + nodux 
= E. knot.} 1. In husbandry, the cutting away 
of the knots of trees. Bailey, 1727. 2. The act 
or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying ; 
hence, solution, as of a difficulty. 
Searcely anything that way proved too hard for him for 
his enodation. 
W. Sclater, Sermon at Funeral of A. Wheelock, 1654. 
enodet (e-nod'), a. [=F. enode, < L. enodis, knot- 
less, < e, out, 4- nnitiiK = E. knot.} Destitute 
of knots; knotless. 
enodet (e-nod'), r. t. [< L. enodare, make free 
from knots, < enodis, free from knots : see enode, 
a.} To clear of knots ; make clear. Cockeram. 
Enodia (e-no'di-S), n. [NL., < Gr. evMtof, in or 
by the way, by the wayside, < iv, in, 4- irfoj-, 
way.] In entom.: (a) A genus of butterflies, 
including such as E.portlandia and a few other 
species. Hiibner, 1816. (6) A genus of wasps, 
of the family Si>hegida>: synonymous with Pa- 
nix/i/fiy. Dulillmm, 1843. 
enodous (e-no'dus), a. [< e- + nodous.} Same 
us i iiiMlal. 
enofft, a. and w. An obsolete spelling of enough. 
enoilt, ' ' [Early mod. E. also enhuile (after 
F.); < ME. enoylen, < OF. enoilier, enolier, en- 
nulier, ennuilier, enhuilier, etc., < ML. inoltun , 
enorle 
anoint with oil: see anoil (doublet of ro<7)and 
anele.} To anoint. 
Their manner was to enhuile or anoint their very altars 
all over. /;;/,;,,.; tr. of Camden's Britain, p. 771. 
enointt, r. t. A Middle English form of anoint. 
enology (e-nol'6-ji), n. [< Gr. oivof, wine, + 
-Aoym, < Uyeiv, gpeak: see -ology.} The art of 
making wine. 
The school of "viticulture and enology," or vine-growing 
and wine-maklmr, at Conegliano (Italy), dates from 1876. 
Encyc. Brit., XIII. 401. 
enomotarch (e-nom'o-tark), n. [< Gr. tvofto- 
rapxr/t, < evu/xrria, an enomoty, + &pxtt, rule.] 
The commander of an enomoty. Mitford. 
enomoty (e-nom'o-ti), n. [< Gr. cvu/urria, a di- 
vision of the Spartan army, lit. a sworn band, 
< ttxi/jorof, sworn, bound by oath, < cv, in, + 
*u[tor6s, verbal adj. of opvivai, swear.] In fir. 
antiq., any band of sworn soldiers; specifically, 
the smallest subdivision of the Lacedaemonian 
army, from twenty-five to thirty-two or thirty- 
six in number, bound together by a common 
oath. 
enophthalmus (en-of-thal'mus), n. [NL., < Gr. 
iv, in, + txfda^/iof, the eye.] In pathol., retrac- 
tion of the bulb of the eye from spasm of the 
extrinsic muscles of the eye. 
Enopla (en'o-pltt), n. pi. [NL., < Or. hxnrtof, 
armed, in armor, < iv, in, + 6ir/a, arms.] A 
subordinal group of uemerteans or rhynchocoe- 
lous turbellarians, containing those nemertine 
worms which have the proboscis armed with 
Stylets : opposed to Anopla. The group Is equiv- 
alent to the family ^4?/>/itj>orirf(which see), of the order 
Turbellaria. The species are of microscopic sire, and live 
in fresh or salt water, whence they sometimes find their 
way into the alimentary canals of higher animals. 
Enoplidae (e-nop'li-de), n. pi. [NL., < Enopla 
+ -trfa;.] A family of non-parasitic, free, and 
mostly marine threadworms, of the order ffe- 
matoidea, resembling and related to the Angv.il- 
lulida; or vinegar-eels. The leading genera are 
Enoplus, Enchelidium, and Dorylarmus. 
Many of the species have a peculiar spinning-gland at 
the posterior end of the body and opening on the underside 
of the tall. . . . One end of the thread is glued fast, the 
other floats the animal in the water. Most of the Unopli- 
dce avoid the neighborhood of putrefaction, but delight in 
pure soils and waters, in which they often abound. 
Stand. \at. Hint., I. 209. 
enoplios (e-nop'li-os), . [< Gr. tvdV/Uof, in 
arms, armed (the meter being so called from its 
use in war-songs and war-dances), < iv, in, + 
mtfjov, atool,pl.07r?^j, arms.] In<znc.pro#.,anan- 
apestic tripody, with admission of an iambus as 
the first foot instead of an anapest or anapestic 
spondee (we -|^w-t | ^ ~ ., or <~ -* | <- <~ 
- | s^ ^ i). u waa ^gy analyzed by some ancient me- 
tricians as consisting of four feet, an Iambus or a spondee, a 
pyrrhic, a trochee, and an Iambus (w | w ^ | w j w ), 
or of two feet, an Ionic a majore and a choriambus ( 
w w | _ w w _). 
enoploteuthid (e-nop-lo-tu'thid), n. A cepha- 
lopodof the family Enoploteuthida: ; an onycho- 
teuthid. Houle, 1886. 
Enoploteuthidas (e-nop-lo-tu'thi-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Enoploteuthis + -trf<c.] A family of 
cuttlefishes: same as Onychoteuthidida: 
Enoploteuthis (e-nop-lo-tu'this), n. [NL., < 
Gr. fooir/of, in arms, + rn&V, a cuttlefish.] A 
genus of cuttlefishes, of the family Onychoteu- 
tlmliilir, in which the sessile arms' have hooks 
but no suckers. 
Enoplus (en'o-plus), n. [NL., < Gr. hwrXof, in 
arms,< h>, in, -f lnr'/j>v, a tool, pi. OTT/O, arms.] 1. 
The typical genus of nematodea or thread- 
worms of the family Enoplida. E. tridentatus 
is an example. 2. In entom., a genus of Scara- 
bceida;, containing one species, E. tridens, from 
Lifu island. Seiche, 1860. 
enoptomancy (e-nop'to-man-si), n. [< Gr. Iv- 
<mrof, seen in (< cv, in, -h / * <> ' r , see : see optic), 
+ fiavreia, divination.] Divination by means 
of a mirror. Smart. 
enorchls (e-n6r'kis), . [L. (Pliny), < Gr. fvop- 
Xf, having testicles,< cv, in, -f &px>(, a testicle.] 
The name given by some ancient authors to a 
species of eaglestone having a nucleus inclosed 
in an outer crust. 
enorlet, v. t. [ME. enorlen, enourlen, < OF. 'enor- 
ler, < en- + orler, ourler (= Pr. Sp. Pg. orlar = 
It. orlare), edge, ornament with an edging, < 
orle, edge : see orle.} To edge ; border ; clothe. 
The vale was evene rownde with vynes of silver, 
Alle with grapis of golde, erettcr ware never ! 
Knhurildf with arlx>rye and alkyns tree*, 
Eroeris tulle honeste, and bynlez there undyre. 
Hortt Ar&un (E. t. T. s.'l. 1. 3245. 
Angelej enourled in alle that is clene, 
liothe wlth-iiine & with-outen. in wedej ful hrv.-jt. 
Alliterative Poemt (ed. Morris), II. 18. 
