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containing or noting the extra day of leap year: The years 1980 and 1984 were both bissextile.
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Bissextile
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| bissextile (bɪˈsɛkstaɪl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a month or year) containing the extra day of a leap year |
| —n | |
| 2. | a rare name for leap year |
| [C16: from Late Latin bissextilis annus leap year, from Latin bissextus, from | |
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bissextile
Roman leap year, L.L. (annus) bissextilis "leap year," lit. "the twice sixth-day," because the sixth day before the Calends of March was doubled.
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