nummi-combining form of L. nummus coin, as † nummi-amorousa., fond of or loving money. nummi-cultivatev., to encourage or assist with money or payment; so nummi-cultivatedppl. a. and nummi-culture. nummiforma., shaped like a coin (Cent.Dict. 1890).1650B. Discollim. 28, I could demonstrate it to be..Versipellous, Centireligious, Nummiamorous.1860Reade 8th Commandm. 250 The dagger stroke that slew Marloe in his twenty-ninth year, struck down a heaven born and nummi⁓cultivated genius.Ibid. 265 If this Anglo-Saxon [Shakespeare] had not been nummicultivated by the theatre.Ibid., Under example, stimulus, and nummi-culture.