bissextile
[ bahy-seks-til, -tahyl, bi- ]
/ baɪˈsɛks tɪl, -taɪl, bɪ- /
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adjective
containing or noting the extra day of leap year: The years 1980 and 1984 were both bissextile.
noun
Nearby words
bisontine, bisphenoid, bisphosphonate, bisque, bissau, bissextile, bissextus, bisso, bissonata, bist, bistable
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Examples from the Web for bissextile
This fourth year was denominated Bissextile, because the sixth day before the Kalends of March was reckoned twice.
Letters on Astronomy|Denison OlmstedCan we therefore believe that the Egyptians before this period were ignorant of the bissextile intercalation?
The bissextile is known to have been used by the Mayas, Tzendals, and Quichés, and it was probably common.
Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology|John D. BaldwinThe fourth year was bissextile, and the dominical letters were F, E; the following year D, and so on.
British Dictionary definitions for bissextile
bissextile
/ (bɪˈsɛkstaɪl) /
adjective
(of a month or year) containing the extra day of a leap year
noun
a rare name for leap year
Word Origin for bissextile
C16: from Late Latin bissextilis annus leap year, from Latin bissextus, from bi- 1 + sextus sixth; referring to February 24, the 6th day before the Calends of March
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