bis|sex|tile

bis|sex|tile
bis|sex|tile «bih SEHK stuhl, -styl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
containing or designating the extra day of leap year. February is the bissextile month; February 29 is the bissextile day.
–n.
= leap year. (Cf.leap year)
[< Late Latin bissextilis < Latin bissextus (diēs) intercalary day of the Julian calendar (the extra day was added after the sixth day, doubling it, before the calends of March)]

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