sesquicentennialadj.n.

/ˌsɛskwɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/

Etymology: < sesqui- comb. form + centennial adj. and n.

Chiefly U.S.

A. adj.

Pertaining to a celebration of a hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary.

ΚΠ

1888 Advance (Chicago) 9 Aug. The sesquicentennial celebration of the church.

1896 Academy 6 June 468/2 The sesquicentennial celebration of the University of Princeton, New Jersey.

B. n.

Such a celebration or anniversary.

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

1880 London & Provinc. Music Trades Rev. 15 Nov. 3/1 The Sesqui-centennial of Baltimore was celebrated during the second week of October.

1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday viii. 212 The Philadelphia Sesquicentennial was sinking deeper and deeper into the red.

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Mar. 278/2 In 1926 the sesquicentennial [of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations] was celebrated more modestly with a series of lectures given in the new home of economic orthodoxy, the London School of Economics.

1978 Nature 8 June 421/2 This year is the sesquicentennial of the announcement by Wöhler that marked the birth of synthetic organic chemistry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	sesquicentennial
释义	sesquicentennialadj.n. /ˌsɛskwɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ Etymology: < sesqui- comb. form + centennial adj. and n. Chiefly U.S. A. adj. Pertaining to a celebration of a hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary. ΚΠ 1888 Advance (Chicago) 9 Aug. The sesquicentennial celebration of the church. 1896 Academy 6 June 468/2 The sesquicentennial celebration of the University of Princeton, New Jersey. B. n. Such a celebration or anniversary. 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 1880 London & Provinc. Music Trades Rev. 15 Nov. 3/1 The Sesqui-centennial of Baltimore was celebrated during the second week of October. 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday viii. 212 The Philadelphia Sesquicentennial was sinking deeper and deeper into the red. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Mar. 278/2 In 1926 the sesquicentennial [of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations] was celebrated more modestly with a series of lectures given in the new home of economic orthodoxy, the London School of Economics. 1978 Nature 8 June 421/2 This year is the sesquicentennial of the announcement by Wöhler that marked the birth of synthetic organic chemistry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.n.1880
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