QUINCENTENARY

quincentennial, quincentenary

(adjective) of or relating to a 500th anniversary; “the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city”

quincentennial, quincentenary

(noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

quincentenary (plural quincentenaries)

A five-hundredth anniversary.

Adjective

quincentenary (not comparable)

Pertaining to a quincentenary; quincentennial.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

20 September 2024

NECESSITATE

(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; “It takes nerve to do what she did”; “success usually requires hard work”; “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”; “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”; “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”; “This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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