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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bis•sex•tile adj.

Timecontaining or noting the extra day of leap year:The years 1980 and 1984 were both bissextile.

n.

TimeSee leap year.

Late Latin bi(s)sextilis (annus) leap year, equivalent. to bissext(us) bissextus + -ilis -ile
1585–95

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