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O⋅lym⋅pi⋅ad

  [uh-lim-pee-ad, oh-lim-]
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–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; ME < L Olympiad-, s. of Olympias < Gk Olympiás n. use of the adj.: of Olympus. See Olympia, -ad 1

Related forms:
O⋅lym⋅pi⋅ad⋅ic, adjective
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olympiad 
1398, "period of four years" (between Olympic games), from Gk. olympiados, gen. of Olympias (see Olympic). Used by ancient Greeks as a unit in computing time. Revived in modern usage with revival of the games, 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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