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Rarebissextile
The correct spelling is bissextile.
How to pronounce bissextile
/bɪˈsɛkstɪl/
adjectiveIPA: /bɪˈsɛkstɪl/
Say it like: Bis-sex-til-e
The correct spelling is bissextile. Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
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Meanings
adjective
- 1.Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
noun
- 1.A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
- 2.(inexact) Any other year featuring intercalation, such as a year in a lunisolar calendar with 13 months instead of 12, used to maintain its alignment with the seasons of the solar year.
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