tercentenary
adjEtymology From ter- + centenary, after Latin ter centēnī (“three hundred each”).
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Synonym of tricentennial (“of or relating to a 300th anniversary”).
- Related terms
- triennial
tercentenary
nounEtymology From ter- + centenary, after Latin ter centēnī (“three hundred each”).
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Synonym of tricentennial (“a 300th anniversary”).
- 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.1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter XXV, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 306: