meaning of intercalary
1. Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc. ; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
3. added or having an addition to make the calender year correspond to the solar year; "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "leap year is an intercalary
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