sexennial

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

sexennial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a period of six years; taking place once every six years. [from 17th c.]
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France:

     [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.

Noun

sexennial (plural sexennials)

1. A sexennial event.

Synonyms

sextennial

References

• “sexennial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sexennial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “sexennial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.