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1. (adj.) intercalary
interpolated; interposed.
2. intercalary
inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day or month.
3. intercalary
(of a year) having such an inserted day, month, etc.
Etymology: (1605–15; < L intercalārius=intercal(āre) to intercalate+-ārius -ary)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) intercalary
having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"
"a leap year is an intercalary year"
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1. (adj) intercalary
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
2. (noun) intercalary
introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary
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