Intercalary

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.

II. Intercalary ·adj Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, ·etc.;

— now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. ·see Bissextile, ·noun.

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