proemptosis
Meanings
noun
- The addition of a leap day to the lunar calendar.
Word forms
Etymology
From New Latin proemptōsis, from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”) + ἔμπτωσις (émptōsis, “falling”).
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