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sesquicentury

sesquicentury noun: a period of one hundred and fifty years.

Noun

sesquicentury (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) A period of one hundred and fifty years.

Forms of sesquicentury

alternative formsesqui-century

Questions about sesquicentury

What does sesquicentury mean?
Sesquicentury means a period of one hundred and fifty years.
What part of speech is sesquicentury?
Sesquicentury is a noun.

Words near sesquicentury in the dictionary

  1. sesquicentenaries
  2. sesquicentenary
  3. sesquicentennial
  4. sesquicentennially
  5. sesquicentennials
  6. sesquicentury
  7. sesquichloride
  8. sesquichlorides
  9. sesquidecennial
  10. sesquidiurnal
  11. sesquiduple

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