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quasquicentennial, n. and a. U.S. rare.|ˌkwæskwɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl|
[Irreg. f. L. quadrans quarter, after sesquicentennial a. and n. For the coinage, see quot. 19621.]
A. n. A one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary.
B. adj. Pertaining to a one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary.
1962N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 18 Mar. 8/3 Delavan, Tazwell County, Ill., decided to hold a celebration in honor of the 125th anniversary of its founding... [Delavan] went to the Funk & Wagnalls dictionary people. From there it received the suggestion of ‘Quasquicentennial’, meaning a hundred plus a fourth... F.& W. warned it wouldn't appear in a single one of its dictionaries until it establishes itself. 1962Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 30 Aug. 23/1 The Delavan Quasquicentennial Celebration doesn't officially begin until noon today. 1986Christian Cent. 15 Jan. 55 Last September 24 I was the Quasquicentennial Lecturer in Religion at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. 1988Washington Post 24 June (Weekend section) 6/1 As we work our way through the four-year Civil War Quasquicentennial, there are reenactments and demonstrations scheduled from here to Christmas. |