Nin

[ nin ]

/ nɪn /

A·na·ïs

[uh-nahy-uh s] /əˈnaɪ əs/,1903–77, U.S. novelist and diarist.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

By representing Hea as male, Nin is made to appear as the offspring of two fathers while he is left absolutely motherless.
The God-Idea of the Ancients|Eliza Burt Gamble
Lemme git to my washin', honey, befo' I disgrace my mo'nin'.
Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches|Ruth McEnery Stuart
Next mo'nin' in p'leece co't he say to Billy: 'I fine you twenty-five dollahs, fo' hittin' this old gray-haihed man.'
American Adventures|Julian Street
It was especially as "Queen of Nipur" that she was the wife of her son Nin.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea|George Rawlinson

One inscription, however, “makes Bel-Nimrod the son of Nin instead of his father.”
Tradition|John Francis Arundell