nine

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But the nine are as shallow as their enemies, each having a simplistic personality that has never grown or changed since their creation.

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  1. noun The cardinal number equal to 8 + 1.
  2. noun The ninth in a set or sequence.
  3. noun Something having nine parts, units, or members.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English nigon; see newn̥ in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English nine, nyne, niene, niʒen, neghen, nighen, and, with loss of final n, nie, niʒe, neoʒe, from Anglo-Saxon nigon = Old Saxon nigun = OFries. nigun, niugun, niugen, niogen = D Middle Low German Low German negen = Old High German niun, Middle High German niun, niwen, German neun = Icelandic nīu = Swedish nio = Danish ni = Gothic (Moesogothic) niun = Irish naoī = Welsh naw = Latin novem (later Italian nove = Spanish nueve = Portuguese nove = Provencal nou = French neuf) = Greek ἐννέα (for *ἐνεΦαν, with unorig. initial -) = Sanskrit navan, nine.
 

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