Nineness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being nine in number. uncountable

    "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[…]"

Example

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"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[…]"

Etymology

From nine + -ness.

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