Definitions For Nundine

Noun

NUNDINE (plural NUNDINEs) A market or fair held every eight days, particularly (historical) in roman contexts. (obsolete) any, any recurring eight-day period; an eight-day 'week'.

Derived terms

nundinal

Alternative forms

nundines

Etymology

From {{etyl, la, en}} nundinae, , ninth-days, a clipped form of nundinae feriae, , ninth-day festivals, from its observance every eighth day (9 counting inclusively), in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. and from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, (1879), .Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, (2015), .

Is Nundine a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
12

The word Nundine is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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