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Definition of: bissextile
(bi·seks′təl, -tīl) adjective
1. Pertaining to the extra day occurring in leap year.
2. Pertaining to a leap year.
—noun A leap year. [<L bisextilis intercalary <bis twice + sextilis sixth; so called because the sixth day before March 1 was doubled in leap year in the Julian calendar]
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