SEXENNIALLY

Etymology

Adverb

sexennially (not comparable)

Once in every six years.

Source: Wiktionary


Sex*en"ni*al*ly, adv.

Definition: Once in six years.

SEXENNIAL

Sex*en"ni*al, a. Etym: [L. sexennium a period of six years, sexennis of six years; sex six + annus a year. See Six, and Annual.]

Definition: Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.

– n.

Definition: A sexennial event.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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