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intercalary

[ in-tur-kuh-ler-ee, in-ter-kal-uh-ree ]

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.


intercalary

/ ɪ²Ôˈ³Ùɜ˰ìÉ™±ôÉ™°ùɪ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ¾±²Ôˈ³Ù±ð°ù³¦²¹±ô²¹°ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±²Ô·³Ù±ð°ùc²¹Â·±ô²¹°ùi·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of intercalary1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù³¦²¹±ôÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ, equivalent to ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù³¦²¹±ô(Äå°ù±ð) “t´Ç intercalate †+ -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of intercalary1

C17: from Latin ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù³¦²¹±ôÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ; see intercalate
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Example Sentences

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But all this — this gripping story about the outrages endured on a pre-Civil War Georgia farm — appears only in the intercalary chapters, or “Songs,†as Jeffers calls them.

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The reflection between Sarat’s private ordeal and the country’s vast, ongoing calamity is sustained by a series of intercalary chapters: excerpts from history books, news reports, memoirs and speeches.

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Calendar buffs may call this process “intercalation†and the extra 13th month an “intercalary†month.

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Veadar, vē′a-dar, n. the name of the intercalary or thirteenth month of the Jewish year, which must have been inserted about every third year.

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It is probable that he was the author of the law which left it to the discretion of the pontiffs to insert or omit the intercalary month of the year.

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