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noun
A market or fair held every eight days, particularly (historical) in Roman contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any recurring eight-day period; an eight-day 'week'.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Latin nundinae (“ninth-days”), a clipped form of nundinae feriae (“ninth-day festivals”), from its observance every eighth day (9 counting inclusively) and from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.
