ennead
3 synonyms for ennead, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The whole number that comes after eight and before ten.
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Etymology
Comes from Ancient Greek ἐννεάς (enneás), ἐννεάδος (enneádos, "body of nine"), combined with -ad (a suffix designating a unit); it can also be analysed as ennea- + -ad. These Greek words ἐννεάς and ἐννεάδος themselves derive from ἐννέᾰ (ennéă, "nine") — ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ ("nine") — plus the s...
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