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millennial, millennian
(adjective) relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
Source: WordNet® 3.1
millennial (not comparable)
Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
Occurring every thousand years.
Occurring at the end or beginning of a millennium.
Of or relating to people born in the last two decades of the 20th century.
(Christianity) Referring to the millennium, the period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth.
millennial (plural millennials)
A demographic term for a person from the generation born from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s or early 2000s; individuals who reached adulthood early in the 3rd millennium, C.E.
Coordinate term: xennial
Source: Wiktionary
Mil*len"ni*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years; as, a millennial period; millennial happiness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States