intercalary adjective & noun. [ɪn'tǝ:kǝl(ǝ)ri, ɪntǝ'kal(ǝ)ri] E17.
[Latin intercalari(u)s, from intercalare: see INTERCALATE, -Y³.]
A. adjective.
1. Of a day or month: inserted at intervals in a calendar in order to harmonize with the solar year. E17.

2. Of a year: having an intercalated day or month. M17.

3. Of a line or stanza: inserted at intervals in a composition; of the nature of a refrain. M17-E19.

4. Of the nature of an insertion between the members of a series or the parts of a whole; intervening. M18.
b. noun. = INTERCALARIUM 1. E20.

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