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Leap day

//liːp deɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.

    "This yere leapt, and the leap day was the morrow after the feast Terminalia."

  2. 2
    the name of the day that is added during a leap year wordnet

Etymology

See leap year.

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