biennary

English

Etymology

From Latin biennium (a two-year period) + -ary (forming adjectives)

Adjective

biennary (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of biennial: of or concerning a two-year period; lasting or occurring every two years.
    • 1878, W.S.B. Woolhouse & al., "Calendar" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 668:
      The first expedient adopted to reconcile the lunar and solar years seems to have been the addition of a month of thirty days to every second year. Two lunar years would thus contain 25 months, or 738 days, while two solar years, of 365¼ days each, contain 730½ days. The difference of 7½ days was still too great to escape observation; it was accordingly proposed by Cleostratus of Tenedos, who flourished shortly after the time of Thales, to omit the biennary intercalation every eighth year.
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