sexenniumn.

Brit.

/sɛkˈsɛnɪəm/, U.S.

/sɛkˈsɛniəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexennium.

Etymology: < classical Latin sexennium period of six years < sex six (see sex- comb. form) + annus year (see annals n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare earlier quinquennium n., septennium n., etc.

A period of six years. Cf. sexennate n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years

hendecadOE

a week of yearsa1382

weekc1384

Olympiada1387

lustre1387

yearc1425

millenary1551

prenticeship1553

septenary1576

lustrum1590

quinquennal1590

seventy1590

septimane1603

quinquennie1606

threescore (years) and tena1616

duodecad1621

quinquennium1621

jubilee1643

quadrenniala1646

chiliad1653

septennary1659

septennium1660

triennial1661

millennium1664

tetraëterid1678

octennial1679

duodenary1681

quadrennium1779

septenniad1836

quinquenniad1842

milliad1843

tricentenary1846

triennium1847

vicennium1847

bimillenary1850

lustration1853

sexennium1858

septennate1874

quinquennial1877

pentad1880

sexennate1898

aeon1960

1858 Times 22 Feb. 4/6 In Dundee 6,887 tipplers of strong drink were hauled up to the police-court for punishment in the sexennium from 1851 to 1856.

1923 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 105 278/2 His ability to become completely human depends on the realization of the growth possibilities of the first sexennium.

1959 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 17 132/1 Over the sexennium from age 5 years to age 11 years, some children augment their skeletal face depth more than twice as much as other children.

2002 V. Napolitano Migration, Mujercitas, & Med. Men i. 25 Many colonias populares experienced relative economic improvement between the late 1980s and mid-1990s (during Salinas's presidential sexennium).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sexennium
释义	sexenniumn. Brit. /sɛkˈsɛnɪəm/, U.S. /sɛkˈsɛniəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sexennium. Etymology: < classical Latin sexennium period of six years < sex six (see sex- comb. form) + annus year (see annals n.) + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare earlier quinquennium n., septennium n., etc. A period of six years. Cf. sexennate n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1858 Times 22 Feb. 4/6 In Dundee 6,887 tipplers of strong drink were hauled up to the police-court for punishment in the sexennium from 1851 to 1856. 1923 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 105 278/2 His ability to become completely human depends on the realization of the growth possibilities of the first sexennium. 1959 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 17 132/1 Over the sexennium from age 5 years to age 11 years, some children augment their skeletal face depth more than twice as much as other children. 2002 V. Napolitano Migration, Mujercitas, & Med. Men i. 25 Many colonias populares experienced relative economic improvement between the late 1980s and mid-1990s (during Salinas's presidential sexennium). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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