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2. Nominal; existing only in name.
[Obs.]

3. Oral; not written.

Nuncupative will or testament,
a will or testament made by word of mouth only, before witnesses,
as by a soldier or seaman, and depending on oral testimony for
proof. Blackstone.

Nun*cu"pa*to*ry (?), a.
Nuncupative; oral.

Nun"di*nal (?), n. A nundinal
letter.

{ Nun"di*nal (?), Nun"di*na*ry (?), }
a. [L. nundinalis, nundinarius, fr.
nundinae the market day, the weekly market, prop., the ninth
day, fr. nundinus belonging to nine days; novem nine +
dies day: cf. F. nundinal.] Of or pertaining to a
fair, or to a market day.

Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of
the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated
successively from the first to the last day of the year.


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