Olympiads

[uh-lim-pee-ad, oh-lim-]

O·lym·pi·ad

[uh-lim-pee-ad, oh-lim-]
noun (often lowercase)
1.
a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
2.
a celebration of the modern Olympic Games.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Olympiad-, stem of Olympias < Greek Olympiás noun use of the adj.: of Olympus. See Olympia, -ad1

O·lym·pi·ad·ic, adjective
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