Meaning & use
Nonuple
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Nine times as great or as many; ninefold.
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The contract included a nonuple penalty clause for repeated late deliveries.
The composer wrote the passage in nonuple meter, grouping the beats in sets of nine.
A note on using this word
"Nonuple" belongs to a series of multiplicative adjectives that includes "double," "triple," and "quadruple," though it is rarely used outside specialized or technical writing.
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ninefold
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