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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--intercalary This week's theme: words related to calendar. intercalary (in-TUHR-kuh-ler-ee, -KAL-uh-ree) adjective Inserted in a calendar (for example, a day or a month). [From Latin inter- (between) + calare (to proclaim).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Ayyam i-Ha, the intercalary days of celebration, will be marked Sunday through Thursday by Baha'is." Seven Days; Peoria Journal Star (Illinois); Feb 24, 2007. X-Bonus If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. -Socrates (469?-399 B.C.)

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