nimbus 
nigun, niiigun, niiigen, 
negen = OHG. ni-un, 
399 ti ninety-knot 
nitiyeii = D. MLG. LG. grave wounds or hurts : as, a reckless nine-lived 
n = urivr. iimn, MHG. niint, niirni, G. fellow. 
= Icel mil = Sw. nio = Dan. ni = Goth, nine-murder (nin'mer'der), . [Also nmmur- 
= Ir naoi = W. now = L. norem (> It. rfw (= LG. negenmorder = G. neunmorder, ror- 
nove = Sp. nueve = Pg. wore = Pr. won = F. merlywre*<5rrfcr(Gesner)); < nie+8rder(for 
new/) = Gr. ewta (for *hsFav, with unorig. murderer); equiv. to nine-killer, q. v.] Same 
initial -) = Skt. navan, nine.] I. a. One more as nine-killer. 
. ..;... LI rtw *^vio laca tlian tan t.Viripp three: J?/^W/? rv.l PV. 
than eight, or one less than ten; thrice three: 
a cardinal numeral. 
Ten is nyne to many, be sure, 
Where men be fierce and fell. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 92. 
Nine days' wonder. See wonder. Nine men's mor- 
. . 
ris. Seemorrisi. The nine worthies, famous person- _._,._,,,;,,/.,% .. 
ages, often referred to by old writers and classed together, nmepence (nin pens), n. 
like the seven wonders of the world, etc. They have been pence .] 1 . The sum of ni 
The Nimbus as variously represented in Sacred and Legendary Art. 
I, God the Father ; sands, Christ; 4, Charlemagne; 5, Emperor 
Henry II. 
indicate that the person was alive at the time of delinea- 
tion. Nimbus is to be distinguished from aureola snAglory. 
3. In her., a circle formed of a single line, 
drawn around the head and disappeai-ing where 
it seems to go behind it. 
nimiety (ni-mi'e-ti), n. [= Sp. nimiedad = Pg. 
nimiedade = It. nimieta, < LL. nimieta(t-)s, n 
superfluity, an excess, < L. nimius, too much, ex- 
cessive, < nimis, too much, overmuch, exces- 
sively. ] The state of being too much ; redun- 
dancy; excess. [Rare.] 
There is a nimitty, a too-muchness, in all Germans. 
Coleridije, Table-Talk. 
The lines to the memory of Victor Hugo are finely ex- 
pressed, though they err in respect of nimitty of sentiment 
and adulation. Westminster Rev., CXXV. 684. 
nimini-pimini, niminy-piminy (nim'i-ni-pim'- 
i-ni), a. and n. [Imitative of a weak minced 
pronunciation, the form being prob. suggested 
by similar but unmeaning syllables in nursery 
rimes and play-rimes, and perhaps also by nam- 
by-pamby."] I. . Affectedly fine or delicate; 
mincing. 
There is a return to Angelico's hackneyed, vapid pinks 
and blues and lilacs, and a return also to his niminy-pim- 
iny lines, to all the wax-doll world of the missal painter. 
Contemporary Rev., LI. 513. 
II. n. Affected fineness or delicacy; mincing- 
ness. 
nimioust (nim'i-us), o. [< ME. nymyos, < OF. 
nimieux = Sp. Pg. nimio, < L. nimius, too much, 
excessive, beyond measure, < nimis, overmuch, 
too much, excessively.] Overmuch ; excessive ; 
extravagant; very great. 
Now, gracyous Lord, of your nymyos charyte, 
With hombyll harts to thi presens complayne. 
Diffby Mysteries, p. 115. (UattitueU.) 
nimmert (nim'er), n. [<!!-(- -erl.] A thief; 
a pickpocket. 
Met you with Eonca? 'tis the cunning'st nimmer 
Of the whole company of cut-purse hall. 
T. Tomkis (?), Albumazar, ill. 7. 
Nimravidse (nim-rav'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Nim- 
ravtis + -id<e.~\ A family of fossil feline quad- 
rupeds, connecting; the modern cats or Felida; 
with more generalized types of the Carnivora, 
and differing from the Felidce proper in certain 
cranial and dental characters. They are chiefly 
differentiated by the development of the alisphenoid canal 
and the postglenoid foramen. In the typical forms the 
dentition is essentially similar to that of the cats. Him- 
ravus is the typical genus. 
Nimravus (nim-ra'vus), . [NL., < Nimr(od), 
hunter, + L. avus, ancestor.] A genus of fossil 
American eats, typical of the f&jmly Nimravida; 
having a lower tubercular behind the sectorial 
molar tooth. 
nin 1 t. [A contracted form of ne in. ] Not in ; 
nor in. 
nin- (nin), a. and pron. A dialectal form of 
none*. HalliweU. [Prov. Eng.] 
nincompoop (ning'kom-pb'p), n. [Also nincniii- 
poop; a variation, wrested to give it a slang 
aspect (and then explained as "a person nine 
times worse than a fool," as if connected with 
nine), of the L. non compos, sc. mentis, not in 
possession of his mind : see non compos men- 
tis."] A fool; a blockhead; a simpleton. 
An old nlnnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the 
best language she can afford me. Addison. 
Ackerman would have called him a "Snob," and Buck- 
land a Nincompoop. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 867. 
nine (nin), .. and n. [< ME. nine, nyne, niene, 
nigi'ii. iier/hen, nigheii, and, with loss of final n, 
uie, nige, neoge, < AS. nigon = OS. nifiim = OFries. 
, . 
reckoned up in the following manner : three Gentiles (Hec- 
tor, Alexander, Julius Ceesar), three Jews (Joshua, David, 
Judas Maccabeeus), and three Christians (King Arthur, 
Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon). They were often 
introduced in comparisons as to bravery. 
Ay there were some present that were the nine worthies 
to him. B. 
To look nine ways, to squint very much. 
Escriere [F.], Pie es[criere]. The ravenous bird called a 
shrike, Nymnurder, Wariangle. Savoyard. Cotgrave. 
ninepegS (nin'pegz), n. Same as ninepins. 
Playing at nine-pegs with such heat 
That mighty Jupiter did sweat. 
Cotton, Burlesque upon Burlesque, p. 192. (Dames.) 
j. two words, nine 
The" s'iim of nine pennies. No English 
coin of this face-value has ever been issued ; but the silver 
"shillings " issued by Elizabeth for Ireland in 1561 passed 
current in England for ninepence. 
Henceforth the "harpers" [i. e., Irish shillings], for his 
sake, shall stand 
But for plain nine-pence throughout all the land. 
Webster and Dekker, Sir Thomas Wyatt. 
Squyntyied he was, and looked nyne wayes. 
UdaU, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 203, note. 
The nine-pence was a coin formerly much favoured by 
faithful lovers in humble life as a token of their mutual 
affection. It was for this purpose broken into two pieces, 
and each party preserved with care one portion until, on 
II. . 1. The number consisting of the sum their meeting again, they hastened to renew then- vows. 
of one and eight ; the number less by unity J. O. Nichols, in Numismatic Chronicle (1840), II. 84. 
than ten ; three times three. 2. A symbol rep- 3. In New England, a Spanish silver coin, the 
resenting nine units, as 9, or IX, or ix. 3. The rea j ( o f Mexican plate), about equal in value to 9 
body of players, nine in number, composing one pence of New England currency, or 1 2-J cents. 
side' in a game of base-ball. 4. A playing-card fphg WO rd is still occasionally used in reckon- 
ing. Commendation ninepence. See commendation. 
To bring a noble to nlnepencet. See?ioWe. 
ninepins (nin'pinz), u. 1. The game of bowls 
with nine spots or pips on it The Nine, the nine 
Muses. 
Ye sacred nine, celestial Muses ! tell, r v 
Who fac'd him first, and by his prowess fell Y played in an alley with nine men or pins. 2. 
To the nines, to perfection ; fully ; elaborately : gen- 
erally applied to dress, and sometimes implying excess in 
dressing: as, she was dressed up to the nines. [C'olloq.] 
[The phrase is perhaps derived from an old or dialectal 
form of to then eyne, i. e. to the eyes. The form to the nine 
in the second quotation is probably sophisticated.) 
Thou paints auld nature to the nines 
In thy sweet Caledonian lines. 
Burns, Pastoral Poetry. 
He then . . . put his hand in his pockets, and pro- 
duced four beautiful sets of handcuffs, bran new polish- 
ed to the nine. 
a singular ninepin (which is in 
collo'quial use).] The pins with which this 
game is played. See tenpins. 
His Sine-pins made of myrtle Wood. 
Prior, Cupid and Ganymede. 
Ninepin block. See NodH. 
nineteen (uin'ten'), a. and n. [< ME. ninetene, 
nenteyne, nigentene, neogentene, < AS. nigontyne, 
OS. nigentein = OFries. niogentena, niguntine 
= D. negentien = MLG. negenteine = OHG. 
niunzehan, MHG. niunzehen, G.neunzehn =Icel. 
C. Reade, Never too Late to Mend, Ixv. (Dames.) n itj an g w . nitton = Dan. nitten = Goth. *niun- 
ninebark (nm'bark), n. An American shrub, taihun (not recorded) = L. norendecim, novem- 
Neillia (Spircea) opulifolia, sometimes planted, decim = Gr. fweanaldena (Kai, and) = Skt. nara- 
It is so named on account of the numerous day a, nineteen ; as nine + ten (see -teen)."] I. a. 
layers of the loose bark. See cut under Neillia. Nine more than ten, or one less than twenty : a 
nine-eyed (nin'id), . Having nine that is, cardinal numeral. 
many eyes; hence, spying; prying. II. . 1. A number equal to the sum of nine 
A damnable, prying, 'nine-ey'd witch. and ten, or one less than twenty. 2^ A^symbol 
Plautu 
nine-eyes (nin'i 
^6^^^^^S^mova^QrnmaUH^t^ = OFries. niuguntinda, niugentendesta = D.ne- 
8w. nejonoga = Dan. negenoje, a lamprey; as gentiende = OHG. niuntazehanto, MHG. ntun- 
nine + eyes."] 1. The river-lamprey, Petromg- zehende,niunzehendeste,G.nemizehnte neunxhn- 
zonorAmmoccetesfluviatilis. [Prov. Eng.] 2. teste = Icel. nitjdndi = bvr.mttotide = Dan 
1 nittende = Goth. *nmntaihunda (not recorded), 
nineteenth; asnineteen + -tt 2 .] I. a. 1. Next 
in order or rank after the eighteenth : an ordi- 
nal numeral: as, the nineteenth time. 2. Being 
one of nineteen: as, a nineteenth part. 
II. w. 1. A nineteenth part ; the quotient of 
unity divided by nineteen. 2. In music, the 
interval, whether melodic or harmonic, between 
any tone and a tone two octaves and a fifth dis- 
tant from it ; also, a tone distant by such an in- 
terval from a given tone. 
ninetieth (nm'ti-eth), a. and w. [Not found in 
ME. (cf. D. negentigste = MLG. negentigeste = 
OHG. niiin:ugosto, niunzogosto, MHG. niiinze- 
geste, G. neunsigste; Icel. nitugti = Sw. mttiomlr 
= Dan. nittiende, ninetieth); < ninety + -cth'*.] 
I. a. 1. Next in order or rank after the eighty- 
ninth or before the ninety-first : an ordinal nu- 
meral: as, the ninetieth man. 2. Being one 
of ninety: as, a ninetieth part. 
II. n. A ninetieth part; the quotient of uni- 
The butter-fish, Murainoidesgunnelhis: so called 
with reference to the presence of nine or more 
round black ocelli or eye-like spots along the 
dorsal fin. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
ninefold (nin'fold), a, [< ME. "nigenfold, < AS. 
nigonfeald, < nigon, nine, + -feald, E. -fold: 
see nine and -fold."] Nine times repeated. 
This huge convex of fire, 
Outrageous to devour, immures Us round 
Ninefold. Milton, P. L., ii. 436. 
.| In the following nonsense-passage ninefold seems to be 
He met the night-mare, and her nine-fold; 
Bid her alight, 
And her troth plight, 
And, aroint thee, witch, aroint thee ! 
Shale., Lear, iii. 4. 126.] 
nine-holes (nin'holz), w. 1. A game in which 
nine holes are made in a board or the ground, 
at which the players roll small balls. 
Th' unhappy wags, which let their cattle stray, 
At Nine-holes on the heath while they together play. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, alv. 22. 
ty divided by ninety : as, two ninetieths. 
Some say the game of nine-holes was called " Bubble the ninety (nin'ti), n. and n. [< ME. "ninety, nenly. 
Justice," on the supposition that it could not be set aside nizenti, < AS. (liiiinl-)iiigi>iitig = OFries. niontich 
by the justices. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 368. _ p_ (.,/,, ,,ti (/ MLG. nei/'cnticli, LG. urgently 
2. Same as nine-eyes. /-n-m ...- -- -urTiii ;..-. ,,;.,_ 
nine-killer (nin'kiFer), . [< nine + killer; also 
called nine-murder (see nine-murder), and in G. 
neuntodter, 'nine-killer,' from the common be- 
lief that these shrikes were wont to kill just nine 
birds a day.] A shrike or butcher-bird. The 
term was originally applied to certain European species, 
as Lanius exeubitor and Lanius (or Ennerictonus) eollurio, 
and subsequently extended to others, as L. borealis of the 
= OHG.' niuiizHii, niiui-fi;!. MHG. iiinn:ic. niini- 
:ic, G. neumiff = Icel. niittigir = Sw. nittio = 
Dan. nitti (usually hahifemsindatyve) = Goth. 
niuntehund = L. nonaginta, ninety; as nine + 
-ty l .~] I. a. Nine times ten; one more than 
eighty-nine, or ten less than a hundred: a car- 
dinal numeral. 
II. a.; \>\. nineties (-tiz). 1. The sum of ten 
United States. " nines, or nine tens ; nine times ten. 2. A sym- 
nine-lived (nln'livd), a. Having nine lives, as bol representing ninety units, as 90, or XC, or xc. 
the cat is humorously said to have; hence, not ninety-knot (nin'ti-not), . A plant, Polyoti- 
easy to kill ; escaping great perils or surviving mini urii-iiliin-. See I'not-grass, 1. 
