ennead
pronunciation
How to pronounce ennead in British English:
UK ['enɪæd]
How to pronounce ennead in American English:
US ['enɪˌæd]
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- Noun:
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
Word Origin
- ennead (n.)
- "group of nine things," 1650s, from Greek enneas (genitive enneados) "group of nine," from ennea "nine" (see nine). Especially in reference to the divisions of Porphyry's collection of the neo-Platonic doctrines of Plotinus. Related: enneadic.