English Explanatory Dictionary

nundines

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of nundine
  2. Alternative form of nundine.

Word forms

nundines

Etymology

As a synonym of nundine for a single market day, a calque of Latin nundinae (“ninth-days”), maintaining the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.

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