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I :: I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. /ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon..

Isidorian :: Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century..

Glossopharyngeal :: Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves..

Masora :: Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries..

Sagittarius :: Sagittarius (n.) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer..

Seventieth :: Seventieth (a.) Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age..

Nones :: Nones (n. pl.) The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church..

Chisleu :: Chisleu (n.) The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December..

Ennation :: Ennation (n.) The ninth segment in insects.

At :: At (prep.) Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at..

Ninth :: Ninth (n.) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

Fiftieth :: Fiftieth (a.) Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.

Ramadan :: Ramadan (n.) The ninth Mohammedan month.

Fortieth :: Fortieth (a.) Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts..

Prairial :: Prairial (n.) The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire..

Thirtieth :: Thirtieth (a.) Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month..

Tenth :: Tenth (a.) Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.

Eightieth :: Eightieth (a.) The next in order after seventy-ninth.

Sixtieth :: Sixtieth (a.) Next in order after the fifty-ninth.

Ninth :: Ninth (a.) Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided.

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