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Definition of Nunnations
1. nunnation [n] - See also: nunnation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nunnations
Literary usage of Nunnations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"Our grammarians call them nunnations ; I shall call them nasal vowels. These nasal
vowels are only placed at the end of words, and they serve to form some ..."
2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"On this supposition, it ia allied, in nature and origin, to the euphonic suffixes
or nunnations which may be observed in the Greek iyu-tTi, in the Finnish ..."
3. Journal asiatique by Société asiatique (Paris, France) (1838)
"... n'ont rien de commun avec ,les j*s nunnations de l'arabe littéral. DE L'ACCENT
OD EMPHASE. L'accent est l'intensité d'explosion de l'air, ..."
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