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nongenary|nɒnˈdʒiːnərɪ|
[f. L. nongēnārius containing nine hundred, after centenary n. 3.]
A nine hundredth anniversary, or the celebrations connected with it.
1926Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 72/2 A list of not intolerable forms is here offered... Centē′nary,..octingē′nary, nongē′nary, millē′nary. 1965E. Gowers Fowler's Mod. Eng. Usage (ed. 2) 83/1 Nor is anyone, however passionate a supporter of etymological correctness, likely to try to introduce sescenary, septingenary, octingenary, or nongenary. 1966New Statesman 8 Apr. 511/2 The painters are in no way concerned with the nongenary of the Battle of Hastings. |