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INTERCALARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intercalary mean?
• INTERCALARY (adjective)
The adjective INTERCALARY has 1 sense:
1. having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:
Familiarity information: INTERCALARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:
Context example:
a leap year is an intercalary year
Similar:
additive (characterized or produced by addition)
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