sesquicentennial

/ˌsɛskwɪsɛnˈtɛni.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

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noun

"The city celebrated its sesquicentennial last year."
"Sesquicentennial, I know I’ll see myself here again / And I guess only time will tell, will it ever be like it was then / Sesquicentennial, oh here we go again"

From sesqui- (“one-and-a-half”) + centennial (“of 100 years”). By surface analysis, sesqui- + cent- + -ennial.

sesquicentennials (plural)

sesquicentennially

sesquicentenarian sesquicentenary demisesquicentennial

Questions

How do you pronounce sesquicentennial?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛskwɪsɛnˈtɛni.əl/.

What does sesquicentennial mean?

Occurring every 150 years.

Where does sesquicentennial come from?

From sesqui- (“one-and-a-half”) + centennial (“of 100 years”). By surface analysis, sesqui- + cent- + -ennial.

How to pronounce sesquicentennial

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