novennialadj.

Brit.

/nə(ʊ)ˈvɛnɪəl/, U.S.

/noʊˈvɛniəl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin novennis , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin novennis nine years old (4th cent.; < classical Latin novem nine (see novem- comb. form) + annus year: see annals n.) + -al suffix¹; compare -ennial comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin novennium period of nine years (from 12th cent. in British sources).

Relating to, consisting of, or lasting nine years; recurring every nine years.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years

quinquennal1532

quinquennial1601

five-yearly1619

centenary1620

septennial1640

triannual1640

triennial1642

septennary1644

sexennial1646

trieterical1646

novennial1656

octennial1656

trieteric1656

quinquennalian1692

quadrenniala1700

biennial1750

sexennary1753

lustral1781

centennial1797

quaternal1813

sextennial1814

septendecennial1834

septemdecenary1843

undecennarya1847

bicentenary1862

bicentennial1883

quadricentennial1889

trigintennial1894

twelve-yearly1906

vigintennial1921

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Novennial, of nine years.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. ii. 10 To send a Novennial, or Septennial, or..an Annual Tribute.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xx. 342 Δαϕνηϕορια, A Novennial Festival, celebrated by the Bœotians.

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Mythol. 67 The other was the Novennial, which was the greatest festival of the nation [Ger. wurde alle neun Jahre gefeiert].

1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 177 See! in yon murrhine goblet rare Novennial Alban wine is glancing.

1899 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 62 357 I have taken a series of averages of the index numbers, both as measured by silver and as measured by gold, for novennial periods, every year being in turn the central year of the period.

1902 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 10 592 The ratio of recoinages to total coinage in the United States, when taken by novennial periods, is remarkably constant, notwithstanding violent fluctuations from year to year.

1987 16th Cent. Jrnl. 18 461 I continue to believe the ‘demand’ that the Estates General control the administration of the Novennial Aid came as much from the central government as from the assembled deputies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	novennial
释义	novennialadj. Brit. /nə(ʊ)ˈvɛnɪəl/, U.S. /noʊˈvɛniəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin novennis , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin novennis nine years old (4th cent.; < classical Latin novem nine (see novem- comb. form) + annus year: see annals n.) + -al suffix¹; compare -ennial comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin novennium period of nine years (from 12th cent. in British sources). Relating to, consisting of, or lasting nine years; recurring every nine years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years quinquennal1532 quinquennial1601 five-yearly1619 centenary1620 septennial1640 triannual1640 triennial1642 septennary1644 sexennial1646 trieterical1646 novennial1656 octennial1656 trieteric1656 quinquennalian1692 quadrenniala1700 biennial1750 sexennary1753 lustral1781 centennial1797 quaternal1813 sextennial1814 septendecennial1834 septemdecenary1843 undecennarya1847 bicentenary1862 bicentennial1883 quadricentennial1889 trigintennial1894 twelve-yearly1906 vigintennial1921 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Novennial, of nine years. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. ii. 10 To send a Novennial, or Septennial, or..an Annual Tribute. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xx. 342 Δαϕνηϕορια, A Novennial Festival, celebrated by the Bœotians. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Mythol. 67 The other was the Novennial, which was the greatest festival of the nation [Ger. wurde alle neun Jahre gefeiert]. 1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 177 See! in yon murrhine goblet rare Novennial Alban wine is glancing. 1899 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 62 357 I have taken a series of averages of the index numbers, both as measured by silver and as measured by gold, for novennial periods, every year being in turn the central year of the period. 1902 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 10 592 The ratio of recoinages to total coinage in the United States, when taken by novennial periods, is remarkably constant, notwithstanding violent fluctuations from year to year. 1987 16th Cent. Jrnl. 18 461 I continue to believe the ‘demand’ that the Estates General control the administration of the Novennial Aid came as much from the central government as from the assembled deputies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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