tercentenary

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tercentenary (plural tercentenaries)

  1. Synonym of tricentennial (“a 300th anniversary”).
    • 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.

Adjective

tercentenary (not comparable)

  2. Synonym of tricentennial (“of or relating to a 300th anniversary”).

References

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

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