Nuncupative will or testament, a will or testament made by word of
mouth only, before witnesses, as by a soldier or seaman, and depending
on oral testimony for proof. Blackstone.
Nun*cu"pa*to*ry (?), a. Nuncupative; oral.
Nun"di*nal (?), n. A nundinal letter.
{ Nun"di*nal (?), Nun"di*na*ry (?), } a. [L. nundinalis, nundinarius,
fr. nundinae the market day, the weekly market, prop., the ninth day,
fr. nundinus belonging to nine days; novem nine + dies day: cf. F.
nundinal.] Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.
Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of the first eight letters of
the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the
last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day,
which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).
Nun"di*nate (?), v. i. [L. nundinatus, p. p. of nundinary to attend
fairs, to traffic. See Nundinal, a.] To buy and sell at fairs or
markets. [Obs.]
Nun`di*na"tion (?), n. [L. nundinatio.] Traffic at fairs; marketing;
buying and selling. [Obs.]
Common nundination of pardons.
Abp. Bramhall.
Nun*na"tion (?), n. [From nun, the Arabic name of the letter n: cf. NL.
nunnatio, F. nunnation.] (Arabic Gram.) The pronunciation of n at the
end of words.
Nun"ner*y (?), n.; pl. Nunneries (#). [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F.
nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See Nun.] A house in which nuns
reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under
religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.
Nun"nish (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic
of a nun. -- Nun"nish*ness, n.