'-ni' definitions:
Definition of '-ni'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Definition of '-ni'
From: GCIDE
- 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]