tercentenary

English

Etymology

From ter- +‎ centenary, after Latin ter centēnī (“three hundred each”).[1]

Noun

tercentenary (plural tercentenaries)

  1. the 300th anniversary of an event
    • 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter XXV, in Crome Yellow‎[1], London: Chatto & Windus, page 306:
      Adventures and romance only take on their adventurous and romantic qualities at second-hand. Live them, and they are just a slice of life like the rest. In literature they become as charming as this dismal ball would be if we were celebrating its tercentenary.

Translations

Adjective

tercentenary (not comparable)

  2. of or relating to such an anniversary, or to a span of 300 years

See also

References

  1. ^ “tercentenary, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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