Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Intercalary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intercalary \In*ter"ca*la*ry\ (?; 277), a. [L. intercalaris,
intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See {Intercalate}.]
1. (Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the
calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now
applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in
the calendar of leap year. See {Bissextile}, n.
2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional;
supernumerary. ``Intercalary spines.'' --Owen.
This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a
triplet. --Beattie.
{Intercalary day} (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an
intermittent disease occurs. --Mayne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intercalary
adj : added or having an addition to make the calender year
correspond to the solar year; "Feb. 29 is an
intercalary day"; "leap year is an intercalary year"
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