nandinal

& s. [Latin nundinal is, from nundine (for nov end in a )=a market, a fair. properly one held every nine days, from novem =nine, and dies a day; Fr. nundinal.] A. As adj.: Pertaining, relating, or belonging to fairs or markets. B. As subst.: A nundinal letter. nundinal-letter, s. Roman Antiq .: One of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated succe ively from the first to the last day of the year, and one of which always expre ed the market-day, which returned every nine days. nun'-din-ar-ỹ, adj. [Latin nun dinar i us, from nundine a fair or market.] The same as NUNDINAL (q. v.). *nun-din-āte, v. i. [Lat. nundinatus , pa. par. of nundinor , from nundine =a fair, a market.] To buy and sell at fairs or markets. *nun-din-ā-tion, s. [Lat. nundinatio , from nun dinatus , pa. par. of nundinor =to traffic at markets; Fr. nundination .] The act or practice of buying and selling at fairs or markets; trafficking, bargaining; buying and selling. letter n.] nun-nā-tion, subst. (From the sound of the Arab. Gram.: The pronunciation of n at the end of words.