Lexicon: nimble – noble

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nimble, adj. [OE.]

Lively; swift; energetic.

nimble, adj. [OE.]

Lively; swift; energetic.

nine, adj. [OE nigon.]

Number composed of eight and one.

nine, adj. [OE nigon.]

Number composed of eight and one.

no, adj. [OE; see none, pron.]

  1. Not any.
  2. Zero; not a; not one.
  3. Phrase. “No end”: endlessly; ceaselessly.

no, adj. [OE; see none, pron.]

  1. Not any.
  2. Zero; not a; not one.
  3. Phrase. “No end”: endlessly; ceaselessly.

Noah, proper n. [Heb. 'rest, repose, quiet, home'.]

Old Testament patriarch; Biblical leader who warned wicked people of the great flood; man who built an ark to save his family and landed on Mount Ararat after the flood subsided; [fig.] a prophet; one who foretells the future accurately; (see Genesis 5-10; see ED's letters).

Noah, proper n. [Heb. 'rest, repose, quiet, home'.]

Old Testament patriarch; Biblical leader who warned wicked people of the great flood; man who built an ark to save his family and landed on Mount Ararat after the flood subsided; [fig.] a prophet; one who foretells the future accurately; (see Genesis 5-10; see ED's letters).

noble, adj. [Fr. < L. (g)nō-, to know.]

Great; dignified.

noble, adj. [Fr. < L. (g)nō-, to know.]

Great; dignified.