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Intercalary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Intercalary has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

Such a time period

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"

2

Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)

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Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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