Bissextile Definition

bī-sĕkstĭl, -stīl, bĭ-
adjective
Of or relating to a leap year.
American Heritage
Denoting the extra day (February 29) of a leap year.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the extra day falling in a leap year.
American Heritage
Designating or of a leap year.
Webster's New World
Having an extra day (of a leap year).
Wiktionary
noun
A leap year.
American Heritage

Leap year.

Webster's New World
A leap year; A year having an extra day.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bissextile

Noun

Singular:
bissextile
Plural:
bissextiles

Origin of Bissextile

  • Late Latin bissextīlis containing an intercalary day from bisextus (diēs), bis sextus (diēs) Latin bisextum intercalary day bis twice bis sextus sixth (because the sixth day before the Calends of March on February 24 occurred twice every leap year) sext

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin bisextilis (“containing an intercalary day”), from bisextus (“intercalary day”), from bis- (“two”) + sextus (“sixth”). In leap years there were two sixth days before March in the Roman calendar, thus the succession of days was ... 7 - 6 - 6* - 5 ...

    From Wiktionary

Bissextile Sentence Examples

  • February Having Then Twenty Nine Days, The 25Th Was The 6Th Of The Calends Of March, Sexto Calendas; The Preceding, Which Was The Additional Or Intercalary Day, Was Called Bis Sexto Calendas, Hence The Term Bissextile, Which Is Still Employed To Distinguish The Year Of 366 Days.

  • Its Adoption Upon Our Present Gregorian Calendar Would Only Require The Suppression Of The Usual Bissextile Once In Every 128 Years, And There Would Be No Necessity For Any Further Correction, As The Error Is So Insignificant That It Would Not Amount To A Day In 100,000 Years.

  • The Fourth Year Was Bissextile, And The Dominical Letters Were F, E; The Following Year D, And So On.

  • The Second Mentioned Number Of Days Being Used, In Each Case, Whenever The Following Or New Gregorian Year Is Bissextile.

  • The Moslem Calendar May Evidently Be Carried On Indefinitely By Successive Addition, Observing Only To Allow For The Additional Day That Occurs In The Bissextile And Intercalary Years; But For Any Remote Date The Computation According To The Preceding Rules Will Be Most Efficient, And Such Computation May Be Usefully Employed As A Check On The Accuracy Of Any Considerable Extension Of The Calendar By Induction Alone.

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