- sex|tile
- sex|tile «SEHKS tuhl», adjective, noun. Astrology.–adj.of or having to do with the aspect of two heavenly bodies 60 degrees distant from each other.–n.a sextile aspect.
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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… … Useful english dictionary
sex — sex; sex·a·ge·nar·i·an·ism; sex·a·ges·i·ma; sex·a·ges·i·mal·ly; sex·a·ges·i·mo quarto; sex·ag·o·nal; sex·an·gu·lar; sex·de·cil·lion; sex·digital; sex·dig·it·ism; sex·en·ni·al; sex·er; sex·foil; sex·hood; sex·i·ness; sex·less·ness;… … English syllables
tile — bis·sex·tile; cas·tile; cen·tile; chrys·o·tile; coc·tile; co·le·op·tile; duc·tile; duc·tile·ly; erec·tile; ex·sec·tile; ex·ser·tile; fer·tile; fer·tile·ly; fer·tile·ness; flu·vi·a·tile; fu·tile; hos·tile·ly; hos·tile·ness; in·fan·tile; len·tile;… … English syllables
sextile — sex·tile … English syllables
sextile — sex•tile [[t]ˈsɛk stɪl, staɪl[/t]] adj. astron. noting or pertaining to the aspect or position of two heavenly bodies when 60° distant from each other • Etymology: 1550–60; < ML sextīlis, L: the sixth month =sext(us) sixth+ īlis ile III … From formal English to slang
Bissextile — Bis*sex tile, n. [L. bissextilis annus, fr. bissextus (bis + sextus sixth, fr. sex six) the sixth of the calends of March, or twenty fourth day of February, which was reckoned twice every fourth year, by the intercalation of a day.] Leap year;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sextile — Sex tile, a. [F. sextil, fr. L. sextus the sixth, from sex six. See {Six}.] (Astrol.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bissextile — Bis*sex tile, a. Pertaining to leap year. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Semisextile — Sem i*sex tile, n. (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Hutton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sextile — Sex tile, n. [Cf. F. aspect sextil.] (Astrol.) The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: ********. Hutton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
