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intercalary
[ in-tur-kuh-ler-ee, in-ter-kal-uh-ree ]
adjective
- inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day or month; intercalated.
- having such an inserted day, month, etc., as a particular year.
- inserted or introduced between other things or parts; interpolated; interposed.
intercalary
/ ɪˈɜːəəɪ /
adjective
- (of a day, month, etc) inserted in the calendar
- (of a particular year) having one or more days inserted
- inserted, introduced, or interpolated
- botany growing between the upper branches and the lower branches or bracts on a stem
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٱc·i· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of intercalary1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of intercalary1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Calendar buffs may call this process “intercalation” and the extra 13th month an “intercalary” month.
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.
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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