ninepenny

1. 1.

   used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long

   Similarsized

Questions about ninepenny

What does ninepenny mean?

ninepenny means "used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long".

How many syllables are in ninepenny?

ninepenny has 4 syllables: ni-ne-pen-ny. The stress falls on "ne".

Is ninepenny a common word?

ninepenny is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.