Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexennial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sexen-ni-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a period of six years; taking place once every six years.

noun

A sexennial event.

Example Sentences

"[T]his evil was exterior and accidental, and not so much the vice of their constitution itself, as it must be in your new contrivance of sexennial elective judicatories."

Etymology

From New Latin sexennialis (16th century), equivalent to sexennium + -al.

Word Breakdown

Root: sexennialis

Inflected Forms

sexennials (plural)

Derived Forms

sexennially

Questions

What does sexennial mean?: Pertaining to a period of six years; taking place once every six years.
Where does sexennial come from?: From New Latin sexennialis (16th century), equivalent to sexennium + -al.

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