NINE

noun Etymology: Middle English, from nyne, adjective, from Old English nigon; akin to Old High German niun ~, Latin novem, Greek ennea Date: before 12th century see: number the ninth in a set or series , something having ~ units or members: as, the ~ Muses, a baseball team, the first or last ~ holes of an 18-hole golf course, ~ adjective ~ pronoun, plural in construction