Word of the Day: Hebdomad
PRONUNCIATION: [heb-duh-mad]
MEANING:
noun - Any period of seven consecutive days.
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ETYMOLOGY: "weekly," 1816, pedantic humor, from L. hebdomas, from Gk. hebdomas "the number seven; a period of seven (days)," from hepta "seven" (from PIE *septm; see seven) + -mos, suffix used to form ordinal numbers, cognate with L.
USAGE: It's heavily rained for a hebdomad.
SYNONYMS: heptad, heptade, septuplicate, sennight, septenary, week
PRONUNCIATION: [heb-duh-mad]
MEANING:
noun - Any period of seven consecutive days.
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ETYMOLOGY: "weekly," 1816, pedantic humor, from L. hebdomas, from Gk. hebdomas "the number seven; a period of seven (days)," from hepta "seven" (from PIE *septm; see seven) + -mos, suffix used to form ordinal numbers, cognate with L.
SYNONYMS: heptad, heptade, septuplicate, sennight, septenary, week
