Intercalary /(?; 277)/
In·ter·ca·la·ry
Intercalary
a.
- Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n. (Chron.)
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Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet.
Phrases & Compounds
- Intercalary day
- one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs.