intercalatoryadj.
/ɪnˈtəːkələtəri/ rare.
= intercalary adj.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > [adjective] > of adjustments in calculating or measuring time > intercalary or added (of a day)
bissextile1398
intercalar1582
intercalatory1610
intercalary1614
embolimaeal1677
embolimaear1677
embolismal1681
intercalarian1690
intercalate1690
embolismaean1705
embolimary1708
embolimaean1715
embolismic1736
epagomenic1839
intercalated1845
epagomenal1906
epagomenous1906
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xii. 547 This month [sc. February] was called nothing but the intercalatory month.
1795–8 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) I. i. v. 153 It [the Metonic cycle]..has in it seven intercalatory months.
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