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 and divides as ni-ne-pen-ny under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.