Undecimber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A fictitious thirteenth month of the Western calendar.

Word forms

Undecimber

Etymology

From Latin undecim (“eleven”); formed as logical continuation to December, which in its turn is derived from Latin decem (“ten”), as it was the tenth month in the Roman calendar. It is unclear whether the term was ever used in Classic Latin as a name for an intercalary month.

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