Ninety-day wonder
[nahyn-tee-dey] /ˈnaɪn tiˌdeɪ/
noun, Informal.
1.
an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers’ training course during World War II.
noun phrase
[WWI armed forces; based on nine-days’ wonder]
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- Ninety-eight
[nahyn-tee-eyt] /ˈnaɪn tiˈeɪt/ noun 1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 8. 2. a symbol for this number, as 98 or XCVIII. 3. a set of this many persons or things. adjective 4. amounting to 98 in number.
- Ninety-eighth
[nahyn-tee-eytth, -eyth] /ˈnaɪn tiˈeɪtθ, -ˈeɪθ/ adjective 1. next after the ninety-seventh; being the ordinal number for 98. 2. being one of 98 equal parts. noun 3. a ninety-eighth part, especially of one (1/98). 4. the ninety-eighth member of a series.
- Ninety-fifth
[nahyn-tee-fifth] /ˈnaɪn tiˈfɪfθ/ adjective 1. next after the ninety-fourth; being the ordinal number for 95. 2. being one of 95 equal parts. noun 3. a ninety-fifth part, especially of one (1/95). 4. the ninety-fifth member of a series.
- Ninety-first
[nahyn-tee-furst] /ˈnaɪn tiˈfɜrst/ adjective 1. next after the ninetieth; being the ordinal number for 91. 2. being one of 91 equal parts. noun 3. a ninety-first part, especially of one (1/91). 4. the ninety-first member of a series.
- Ninety-five
[nahyn-tee-fahyv] /ˈnaɪn tiˈfaɪv/ noun 1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 5. 2. a symbol for this number, as 95 or XCV. 3. a set of this many persons or things. adjective 4. amounting to 95 in number.