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Definition of Bimestrial
1. Adjective. Occurring every two months. "Bimonthly visits"
2. Adjective. Two months long; lasting two months.
Definition of Bimestrial
1. a. Continuing two months.
Definition of Bimestrial
1. Adjective. Occurring once every two months ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bimestrial
Literary usage of Bimestrial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"... in his family group, when, their labors ended, the family reclined with their
slaves around a board laden with the bimestrial pig and old Falernian. ..."
2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"bimestrial (lasting two months; happening every two months), ll-mestre [L.
-meetris (bit, twice, mentis, month)], и. : space of two months ; ADJ.f ..."
3. The Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell (1890)
"It was in the midst of these things that Dante became one of the six priors (June,), —
an office which the Florentines had made bimestrial in its tenure, ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"It was in the midst of these things that Dante became one of the 6 priors (June,
1300), an office which the Florentines had made bimestrial in its tenure, ..."
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