intercalary

Speech parts

1. intercalary - Noun

2. intercalary - Adjective

3. intercalary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intermediate april extra dated embedded additive intervening divider expletive accumulative additional cumulative calendrical parenthetical interlayer
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Antonyms

basic connector minor subtractive meat and potatoes few and far between

Phrases with the word

intercalary day

Examples

Feb. 29 is an intercalary day Source: Internet

a leap year is an intercalary year Source: Internet

Adherents of these religions object that intercalary days are counted outside the usual seven-day week and disrupt the traditional weekly cycle. Source: Internet

Any year that has 53 Thursdays has 53 weeks; this extra week may be regarded as intercalary. Source: Internet

A representative sequence of common and leap years is lcc lcc lcc lc lcc lcc lc, and intercalary months are about 8i, 6i, 4i, 2i, 7i, 5i, 3i in each section. Source: Internet

But, if someone was born on the 30 th of a month, his birthday is the last day of that month, and if someone is born in an intercalary month, his birthday is the day with the same date in the common month of the intercalary month. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

intercalar intercalarily Intercalaris intercalary day intercalary meristem intercalary year