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单词 nummary
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nummaryadj.

Forms: 1600s nummarie, 1600s–1800s nummary.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nummārius.
Etymology: < classical Latin nummārius of or relating to coins < nummus coin (see nummi- comb. form) + -ārius -ary suffix1. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nɒ·mări) /ˈnʌmərɪ/.
Obsolete.
1. = nummulary adj.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective]
nummary1603
monetarian1716
numismarian1716
numismatical1716
nummulary1767
numismatic1792
1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals (Obscure words) sig. Aaaaaa 1v/1 Talent Atticke (as well as ponderall which was weighed, as numerall or nummarie, counted in mony) was of two sortes.
1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 31 They allowed none participants with them on ordinary and nummary accounts.
1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 5 All over Europe for many Ages preceding the 14th Century, the nummary Pound, and the Ponderal or Pound Weight of Silver were the same.
1810 G. Chalmers Caledonia II. i. 37 Alexander III followed the nummary example of Alexander I.
1817 R. Ruding Ann. Coinage Brit. I. 112 He is of opinion that they borrowed their Money Pound from the Greeks, and their nummary language from the Romans.
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 329/2 It was then, as it still is, the 240th part of the nummary pound.
2. Of a person: dealing or occupied with coinage or money. rare.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > dealing with coins
nummary1695
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. iv. 12 Nummary Authors observe, that a Castle or wall'd City was the pourtraicture of a Roman Colony.
1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Eighth, Ninth & Last Let. viii. 16 Indignity to George Rose would be felt by the smallest nummary gentleman in the King's employ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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