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bissextile day

noun

the name of the day that is added during a leap year

• Syn: ↑leap day, ↑February 29

• Hypernyms: ↑day

• Part Holonyms: ↑February, ↑Feb

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\(ˈ)bī, bə̇+\ noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin bissextilis, bisextilis of a bissextus, from Late Latin bissextus, bisextus, an intercalary day in the Julian calendar, from bi- bi (I) or bis- + sextus sixth; from its following February 24, the 6th day before the calends of March — more at sixth

: leap day

Useful english dictionary. 2012.