Nundine

//ˈnənˌdaɪn// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A market or fair held every eight days, particularly (historical) in Roman contexts.
  2. 2
    Any recurring eight-day period; an eight-day 'week'. obsolete

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Etymology

From Latin nundinae (“ninth-days”), a clipped form of nundinae feriae (“ninth-day festivals”), from its observance every eighth day (9 counting inclusively) and from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.

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