tricennial

English

Etymology

From Latin tricennium (“thirty years”), from triginta (“thirty”) + annus (“year”). Compare Latin tricennalis.

Adjective

tricennial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.

Synonyms

• trigintennial

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tricennial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• calretinin, encrinital, nitracline