nonuple

[non-yuh-puhl]

adjective

Music.

1. having nine beats to the measure.

   a nonuple rhythm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonuple¹

< New Latin nōnuplus, equivalent to Latin nōn ( us ) ninth + -uplus as in duplus duple

Example Sentences

Purists may demur but there is something life-affirming in a former world No 1 hitting three balls off the tee, losing two then playing the wrong one, en route to a nonuple bogey.

From The Guardian