† novumn.

Forms: 1500s–1800s novum, 1600s nouum, 1700s–1800s novem.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin novem.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably an altered form of classical Latin novem nine (see novem- comb. form): see quot. 1807. N.E.D. (1907) suggests an alternative etymology < classical Latin novum , neuter singular of novus new adj.

Obsolete (historical in later use).

A dice game played by five or six persons, the two principal throws being nine and five. (In later use chiefly with reference to quot. 1598).

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?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 209 Come let vs make the mach to novum we fiue.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 547 Abate throw at Nouum, and the whole world againe, Cannot picke [1623 pricke] out fiue such.

1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque D iij Change your Game for dice, We are a full number for Nouum.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale iv. 410 Yet these binn th'arpeies of the droopinge time, that all at novum settes, on fyve or nyne.

1621 J. Taylor Motto D 4 At Nouum, Mumchance, Mischance (chuse ye which).

1773 S. Johnson Note on Love's Labour's Lost v. ii, in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakespeare (rev. ed.) II. 455 I fancy that novum should be novem, and that some allusion is intended between the play of nine pins and the play of the nine worthies.

1773 G. Steevens Note on Love's Labour's Lost v. ii, in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakespeare (rev. ed.) II. 455 Novum appears from the..passage in Green's Tu quoque to have been some game of dice.

1807 F. Douce Illustr. Shakspeare i. 243 The game of novum or novem..was properly called novum quinque, from the two principal throws of the dice, nine and five.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	novum
释义	† novumn. Forms: 1500s–1800s novum, 1600s nouum, 1700s–1800s novem. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin novem. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably an altered form of classical Latin novem nine (see novem- comb. form): see quot. 1807. N.E.D. (1907) suggests an alternative etymology < classical Latin novum , neuter singular of novus new adj. Obsolete (historical in later use). A dice game played by five or six persons, the two principal throws being nine and five. (In later use chiefly with reference to quot. 1598). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games rafflec1405 passagec1425 treygobet1426 mumchance1528 trey-trip1564 lots?1577 novum?1577 fox-mine-host1622 in and in1630 merry main1664 snake1688 pass-dice1753 chicken hazard1781 Shaking in the Shallow1795 sequin hazard1825 chuck-a-luck1836 Newmarket1837 chicken1849 poker dice1870 under and over1890 sweat1894 crown and anchor1902 Murrumbidgee1917 beetle1936 liar dice1946 Yahtzee1957 ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 209 Come let vs make the mach to novum we fiue. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 547 Abate throw at Nouum, and the whole world againe, Cannot picke [1623 pricke] out fiue such. View more context for this quotation 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque D iij Change your Game for dice, We are a full number for Nouum. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale iv. 410 Yet these binn th'arpeies of the droopinge time, that all at novum settes, on fyve or nyne. 1621 J. Taylor Motto D 4 At Nouum, Mumchance, Mischance (chuse ye which). 1773 S. Johnson Note on Love's Labour's Lost v. ii, in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakespeare (rev. ed.) II. 455 I fancy that novum should be novem, and that some allusion is intended between the play of nine pins and the play of the nine worthies. 1773 G. Steevens Note on Love's Labour's Lost v. ii, in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakespeare (rev. ed.) II. 455 Novum appears from the..passage in Green's Tu quoque to have been some game of dice. 1807 F. Douce Illustr. Shakspeare i. 243 The game of novum or novem..was properly called novum quinque, from the two principal throws of the dice, nine and five. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?1577
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