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† biˈssext Obs.
In 4–6 bisext(e, 6 (bisex), bysext.
[ad. L. bi(s)sextus (dies), f. bis twice + sextus sixth, the name given to the intercalary day inserted by the Julian calendar every fourth year after the sixth day before the calends of March, or 24th of February.]
prop. The intercalary day in leap-year; but also taken as = bissextile.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. iii. (1495) 348 The Bisexte is gaderynge of eyghtene houres whyche comyth in thre yeres wyth syxe houres of the fourth yere to make a ful daye..and the yere Bisextilis hath that name. 1530Elyot Gov. i. xxv. (1883) 265 Bisext, called the lepe yere. 1618Sheph. Kal. (1656) ii, In four years, there is one Bysext. |
