bissextile
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of bissextile
1585–95; < Late Latin bi ( s ) sextilis ( annus ) leap year, equivalent to bissext ( us ) bissextus + -ilis -ile
Example Sentences
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This rule of the bissextile year, Rome, which is destined to endure to the end of time, established with the aid of the heavenly Deity.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke
The bissextile is known to have been used by the Mayas, Tzendals, and Quichés, and it was probably common.
From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)
On the other hand, however, to make the calendar more nearly agree with the sun's course, every fourth hundred year is still considered bissextile.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest
These are subtracted every hundred years by not taking as bissextile those secular years of which the radical is not divisible by four.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
The lower classes calculate, purely by the mind without any help from pen or pencil, questions respecting interest; determine whether a given year be bissextile or not, &c. &c.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James
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