bissextileadj.n.

Brit.

/bᵻˈsɛkstʌɪl/,

/bᵻˈsɛkstᵻl/, U.S.

/bɑɪˈsɛkstəl/,

/bɑɪˈsɛkstaɪl/

Etymology: < Latin bi(s)sextilis (annus ), i.e. (the year) of the bissextus : see bissext n.

A. adj.

Containing the bissextus or extra day which the Julian calendar inserts in leap-year. bissextile day (= Latin bissextus dies; see above).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [adjective] > of adjustments in calculating or measuring time > intercalary or added (of a day)

bissextile1398

intercalar1582

intercalatory1610

intercalary1614

embolimaeal1677

embolimaear1677

embolismal1681

intercalarian1690

intercalate1690

embolismaean1705

embolimary1708

embolimaean1715

embolismic1736

epagomenic1839

intercalated1845

epagomenal1906

epagomenous1906

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > adjustments in calculations > leap year > intercalary or extra day in

bissext1398

leap day1600

epact1603

bissextile day1708

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. iii. 348 The Bisexte is gaderynge of eyghtene houres whyche comyth in thre yeres wyth syxe houres of the fourth yere to make a ful daye..and the yere Bisextilis hath that name.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xli. f. 169^v The..bissextile or leape yeare, contayning 366. dayes.

1708 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 2) ii. 157 The Julian Calendar..intercalates the Bissextile Day immediately after the Terminalia.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 140 In bissextile or leap-years.

1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 189 Thus 1600 was bissextile, 1700 and 1800 were not so.

B. n.

Leap-year.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > adjustments in calculations > leap year

leap yeara1387

bissext1531

bissextile1581

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. v. 491 The Bissextile (or Leepe yeere) which hapneth once in every foure yeeres.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 586.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xii. 95 If in addition to this, a bissextile be suppressed every 4000 years, the length of the year will be nearly equal to that given by observation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bissextile
释义	bissextileadj.n. Brit. /bᵻˈsɛkstʌɪl/, /bᵻˈsɛkstᵻl/, U.S. /bɑɪˈsɛkstəl/, /bɑɪˈsɛkstaɪl/ Etymology: < Latin bi(s)sextilis (annus ), i.e. (the year) of the bissextus : see bissext n. A. adj. Containing the bissextus or extra day which the Julian calendar inserts in leap-year. bissextile day (= Latin bissextus dies; see above). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [adjective] > of adjustments in calculating or measuring time > intercalary or added (of a day) bissextile1398 intercalar1582 intercalatory1610 intercalary1614 embolimaeal1677 embolimaear1677 embolismal1681 intercalarian1690 intercalate1690 embolismaean1705 embolimary1708 embolimaean1715 embolismic1736 epagomenic1839 intercalated1845 epagomenal1906 epagomenous1906 the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > adjustments in calculations > leap year > intercalary or extra day in bissext1398 leap day1600 epact1603 bissextile day1708 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. iii. 348 The Bisexte is gaderynge of eyghtene houres whyche comyth in thre yeres wyth syxe houres of the fourth yere to make a ful daye..and the yere Bisextilis hath that name. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xli. f. 169^v The..bissextile or leape yeare, contayning 366. dayes. 1708 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 2) ii. 157 The Julian Calendar..intercalates the Bissextile Day immediately after the Terminalia. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 140 In bissextile or leap-years. 1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 189 Thus 1600 was bissextile, 1700 and 1800 were not so. B. n. Leap-year. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > adjustments in calculations > leap year leap yeara1387 bissext1531 bissextile1581 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. v. 491 The Bissextile (or Leepe yeere) which hapneth once in every foure yeeres. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 586. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xii. 95 If in addition to this, a bissextile be suppressed every 4000 years, the length of the year will be nearly equal to that given by observation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1398
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