intercalary

American  

[in-tur-kuh-ler-ee, in-ter-kal-uh-ree] / ɪnˈtɜr kəˌlɛr i, ˌɪn tərˈkæl ə ri /

adjective

1. inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day or month; intercalated.

2. having such an inserted day, month, etc., as a particular year.

3. inserted or introduced between other things or parts; interpolated; interposed.

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intercalary British  

/ ɪnˈtɜːkələrɪ /

adjective

1. (of a day, month, etc) inserted in the calendar

2. (of a particular year) having one or more days inserted

3. inserted, introduced, or interpolated

4. botany growing between the upper branches and the lower branches or bracts on a stem

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• intercalarily
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of intercalary

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin intercalārius, equivalent to intercal(āre) “to intercalate ” + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

Intercalary chapters about the haunted house’s original residents vibrate with ectoplastic energy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2018

Intercalary months, introduced by the Chaldeans to correct the reckoning of their year, 230.

From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)

The period of fasting commences with the termination of the Intercalary Days, and ends with the Naw-Rúz Festival.

From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh

The public is requested to consider the Preface as the Second Intercalary Day, for the sake of symmetry.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul

When, in the former chapter, I wrote down his Lordship's pithy sayings, I found that some came into my own head, which might be serviceable for the Intercalary Day.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul