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Definition: DUODECENNIAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Consisting of twelve years.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb duodecennially.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(duodecennially)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective duodecennial.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Duodecennial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Duodecennial \Du`o*de*cen"ni*al\, adjective. [Latin expression duodecennis; duodecim twelve annus year.]. (references)

Definition: DUODECENNIAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Consisting of twelve years.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb duodecennially.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(duodecennially)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective duodecennial.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DUODECENNIAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Duodecennial \Du`o*de*cen"ni*al\, adjective. [Latin expression duodecennis; duodecim twelve annus year.]. (references)