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Definition: -ni
Bambino
\Bam*bi"no\ (b[aum]m*b[=e]"n[-o]), n.; It. pl.
-ni.
[It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali`zein,
bambai`nein, to chatter.]
1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the
infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Sports) George Herman Ruth (
“Babe” Ruth), the baseball
player; -- usu. in the form
“the bambino”.
[1913 Webster]
Cincinnus
\Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl.
-ni. [Also
cicinus,
cicinnus.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.)
A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise
alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called
also
scorpioid cyme. --
Cin*cin"nal, a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]