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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:play

  Familiarity information: INTERCALARY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERCALARY (adjective)


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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