centennialadj.n.

Brit.

/sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/,

/s(ə)nˈtɛnɪəl/, U.S.

/sɛnˈtɛniəl/,

/sənˈtɛniəl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin centennium , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin centennium centennium n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier centenary adj., centenary n., and later centennium n.

Chiefly North American after 18th cent.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to a period of one hundred years; existing or lasting for a hundred years; of a hundred years' duration. Cf. centenary adj. 2b. Now somewhat rare.

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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years > of a century

centenary1688

centennialc1720

centesimal1754

centurial1756

centenarial1821

c1720 ‘Philobritannus’ Let. Gentleman in Country 3 Thus of a Triennial Parliament we turn'd our Selves into a Septennial Parliament, and might if his Majesty had thought fit turn'd our Selves into a Centennial Parliament.

1776 Asylum Fugitives I. 73 The lion..just awak'd from his centennial sleep.

1816 Monthly Rev. 80 304 The deciduous willow, and the centennial oak.

1871 H. W. Longfellow Div. Trag. iii. iv. 117 This ancient olive-tree, that spreads Its broad centennial branches like a tent.

1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xiii. 104 With a centennial hatred of Spain.

1919 Musical Times 1 Feb. 90/2 Urania, in the presence of Folco and his court, condemns the princess to centennial sleep.

1947 G. Wescott in Harper's Mag. Oct. 310/1 It has always been his hope and intention that the best of his books should entitle him to some place in their hierarchy of world fame and centennial duration.

2007 N. Roberts et al. in R. W. Battarbee et al. Past Climate Variability through Europe & Afr. 353 These abrupt events of centennial duration appear to have been too short to cause lasting impact on forest composition.

a. Of a year: having a date that is divisible by 100; that marks the end (or beginning) of a century (see century n. 5a).

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1758 W. Mountaine Atkinson's Epitome Art Navigation (rev. ed.) iii. §1. 50 As every Fourth Hundredth Year..is Leap-Year,..cut off two Cyphers towards the Right-hand, and divide the other Figures by 4, the Remainder..if 1, 2, or 3, signifies it to be a Common Year, and the 1st, 2d, or 3d Year after Centennial Leap-Year.

1876 E. Brooks Normal Higher Arithm. vii. 227 Every year that is divisible by 4, except the centennial years, and every centennial year divisible by 400, is a leap year; all the other years are common years.

1974 Math. in School 3 31/1 Only one centennial year in four is leap.

2007 R. Soncini-Sessa et al. Integrated & Participatory Water Resources Managem. Theory iv. 126 A centennial year is a leap year only when its first two digits are divisible by 4.

b. Occurring or doing something every hundred years; relating to or marking a hundredth anniversary. Cf. centenary adj. 2a.

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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years

quinquennal1532

quinquennial1601

five-yearly1619

centenary1620

septennial1640

triannual1640

triennial1642

septennary1644

sexennial1646

trieterical1646

novennial1656

octennial1656

trieteric1656

quinquennalian1692

quadrenniala1700

biennial1750

sexennary1753

lustral1781

centennial1797

quaternal1813

sextennial1814

septendecennial1834

septemdecenary1843

undecennarya1847

bicentenary1862

bicentennial1883

quadricentennial1889

trigintennial1894

twelve-yearly1906

vigintennial1921

1797 W. Mason Poems III. 44 To Her alone I rais'd my strain, On her centennial Day.

1828 Boston Courier 18 Aug. Yesterday completed the Centennial Anniversary of the birthday of our venerable Dr. Holyoke.

1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. ii. 411 That I would meet her in the Centennial summer.

1894 Musical Times Jan. 42/1 At the Centennial Concert the leading pieces were Hummel's Overture in B flat..and Romberg's ‘Don Mendoza’ Overtures.

1940 E. H. McCormick Lett. & Art in N.Z. p. viii Some readers will have seen..the Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art.

1973 Kingston (Ont.) Whig-Standard 22 Mar. 5/3 A maple syrup festival to mark centennial celebrations in this picturesque Leeds village.

2004 L. Brown (title) Centennial history of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

B. n.

A hundredth anniversary or its celebration; a centenary.In British English centenary is the more usual word.

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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries

jubileec1386

quinquagenary1588

centenary1661

millennium1664

secular1706

coming of age1788

centennial1791

tricentenary1846

tercentenary1855

quinquennial1857

ter-millenary1864

sexcentenary1865

semi-centenary1870

bicentenary1872

septcentenary1873

quincentenary1877

sesquicentennial1880

quadricentennial1882

bicentennial1883

quatercentenary1883

tricentennial1883

tercentennial1884

quincentennial1885

octocentenary1888

quadrennial1890

quingentenary1892

octingentenary1893

ruby anniversary1893

semi-jubilee1893

septingentenary1893

millennial1896

millenary1897

quadringenary1905

quingenary1911

bimillenary1961

sesquicentenary1961

quasquicentennial1962

nongenary1966

octocentennial1994

1791 R. Townley Jrnl. kept Isle of Man I. 124 Mr John Troutman..passed the centennial of his nativity about five years ago.

1836 Boston Courier 10 Oct. 1/4 Our successive Triennials—May each of them be celebrated..until new auspices shall bless a series of triumphant Centennials.

1876 Atlantic Monthly July 92/1 The Centennial is what every one calls the great fair now open at Philadelphia.

1940 E. H. McCormick Lett. & Art in N.Z. vii. 194 Government patronage of artists has more recently marked the celebration of New Zealand's Centennial.

1961 Spectator 17 Mar. 382/1 Many English newspapers..are now referring to the Civil War ‘centennial’.

2012 C. J. Goodwin Hist. Mod. Psychol. (ed. 4) i. 2 The festivities began back in 1979, with the centennial of the founding of Wilhelm Wundt's famous laboratory.

Compounds

Centennial State n. (also with lower-case initials) chiefly U.S. (a nickname for) the state of Colorado.Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876, the year marking the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

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1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 5 Mar. Inasmuch as..Colorado can hardly fall to make her calling and election sure as a state before..the expiration of 1876, we suggest that her title, when admitted into the union, be the ‘Centennial state’.

1933 Mississippi Hist. Rev. 20 289 It is the best short history of the centennial state.

2007 E. H. Berwanger (title) The rise of the Centennial State.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	centennial
释义	centennialadj.n. Brit. /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/, /s(ə)nˈtɛnɪəl/, U.S. /sɛnˈtɛniəl/, /sənˈtɛniəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin centennium , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin centennium centennium n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier centenary adj., centenary n., and later centennium n. Chiefly North American after 18th cent. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to a period of one hundred years; existing or lasting for a hundred years; of a hundred years' duration. Cf. centenary adj. 2b. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > of or relating to specific number of years > of a century centenary1688 centennialc1720 centesimal1754 centurial1756 centenarial1821 c1720 ‘Philobritannus’ Let. Gentleman in Country 3 Thus of a Triennial Parliament we turn'd our Selves into a Septennial Parliament, and might if his Majesty had thought fit turn'd our Selves into a Centennial Parliament. 1776 Asylum Fugitives I. 73 The lion..just awak'd from his centennial sleep. 1816 Monthly Rev. 80 304 The deciduous willow, and the centennial oak. 1871 H. W. Longfellow Div. Trag. iii. iv. 117 This ancient olive-tree, that spreads Its broad centennial branches like a tent. 1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xiii. 104 With a centennial hatred of Spain. 1919 Musical Times 1 Feb. 90/2 Urania, in the presence of Folco and his court, condemns the princess to centennial sleep. 1947 G. Wescott in Harper's Mag. Oct. 310/1 It has always been his hope and intention that the best of his books should entitle him to some place in their hierarchy of world fame and centennial duration. 2007 N. Roberts et al. in R. W. Battarbee et al. Past Climate Variability through Europe & Afr. 353 These abrupt events of centennial duration appear to have been too short to cause lasting impact on forest composition. 2. a. Of a year: having a date that is divisible by 100; that marks the end (or beginning) of a century (see century n. 5a). ΚΠ 1758 W. Mountaine Atkinson's Epitome Art Navigation (rev. ed.) iii. §1. 50 As every Fourth Hundredth Year..is Leap-Year,..cut off two Cyphers towards the Right-hand, and divide the other Figures by 4, the Remainder..if 1, 2, or 3, signifies it to be a Common Year, and the 1st, 2d, or 3d Year after Centennial Leap-Year. 1876 E. Brooks Normal Higher Arithm. vii. 227 Every year that is divisible by 4, except the centennial years, and every centennial year divisible by 400, is a leap year; all the other years are common years. 1974 Math. in School 3 31/1 Only one centennial year in four is leap. 2007 R. Soncini-Sessa et al. Integrated & Participatory Water Resources Managem. Theory iv. 126 A centennial year is a leap year only when its first two digits are divisible by 4. b. Occurring or doing something every hundred years; relating to or marking a hundredth anniversary. Cf. centenary adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of years quinquennal1532 quinquennial1601 five-yearly1619 centenary1620 septennial1640 triannual1640 triennial1642 septennary1644 sexennial1646 trieterical1646 novennial1656 octennial1656 trieteric1656 quinquennalian1692 quadrenniala1700 biennial1750 sexennary1753 lustral1781 centennial1797 quaternal1813 sextennial1814 septendecennial1834 septemdecenary1843 undecennarya1847 bicentenary1862 bicentennial1883 quadricentennial1889 trigintennial1894 twelve-yearly1906 vigintennial1921 1797 W. Mason Poems III. 44 To Her alone I rais'd my strain, On her centennial Day. 1828 Boston Courier 18 Aug. Yesterday completed the Centennial Anniversary of the birthday of our venerable Dr. Holyoke. 1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. ii. 411 That I would meet her in the Centennial summer. 1894 Musical Times Jan. 42/1 At the Centennial Concert the leading pieces were Hummel's Overture in B flat..and Romberg's ‘Don Mendoza’ Overtures. 1940 E. H. McCormick Lett. & Art in N.Z. p. viii Some readers will have seen..the Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art. 1973 Kingston (Ont.) Whig-Standard 22 Mar. 5/3 A maple syrup festival to mark centennial celebrations in this picturesque Leeds village. 2004 L. Brown (title) Centennial history of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. B. n. A hundredth anniversary or its celebration; a centenary.In British English centenary is the more usual word. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 1791 R. Townley Jrnl. kept Isle of Man I. 124 Mr John Troutman..passed the centennial of his nativity about five years ago. 1836 Boston Courier 10 Oct. 1/4 Our successive Triennials—May each of them be celebrated..until new auspices shall bless a series of triumphant Centennials. 1876 Atlantic Monthly July 92/1 The Centennial is what every one calls the great fair now open at Philadelphia. 1940 E. H. McCormick Lett. & Art in N.Z. vii. 194 Government patronage of artists has more recently marked the celebration of New Zealand's Centennial. 1961 Spectator 17 Mar. 382/1 Many English newspapers..are now referring to the Civil War ‘centennial’. 2012 C. J. Goodwin Hist. Mod. Psychol. (ed. 4) i. 2 The festivities began back in 1979, with the centennial of the founding of Wilhelm Wundt's famous laboratory. Compounds Centennial State n. (also with lower-case initials) chiefly U.S. (a nickname for) the state of Colorado.Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876, the year marking the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. ΚΠ 1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 5 Mar. Inasmuch as..Colorado can hardly fall to make her calling and election sure as a state before..the expiration of 1876, we suggest that her title, when admitted into the union, be the ‘Centennial state’. 1933 Mississippi Hist. Rev. 20 289 It is the best short history of the centennial state. 2007 E. H. Berwanger (title) The rise of the Centennial State. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1720
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