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Intercalary Definition & Meaning

intercalary
adjective
  1. having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year"

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What does intercalary mean?
having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year"
What part of speech is intercalary?
Intercalary is an adjective.

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