Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Occurring once every 15 years.
- adjective Lasting 15 years.
- noun A 15th anniversary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or consisting of a period of fifteen years.
- noun A fifteenth anniversary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lasting
fifteen years. - adjective Happening once in fifteen years.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin quīndecim, fifteen; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + Latin -ennium (from annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots).]
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Traces of this quindecennial period may be found in the third century, but the formal adoption of the Indiction is generally assigned to the
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
vendingmachine commented on the word quindecennial
Is this a new thing or have I been clueless all along? I accidentally clicked on the big bold quindecennial and a male voice pronounced quindecennial. I'm assuming it's correct.
June 23, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word quindecennial
vendingmachine how do you pronounce it? This is a new term to me, but based on quintet and bicentennial, that robot man's pronunciation sounds good to me.
June 23, 2022