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sexenary

sexenary adjective: senary (proceeding by sixes or in a base of six).

Adjective

sexenary (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) senary (proceeding by sixes or in a base of six)
  2. sextuple.
  3. sexennial
  4. Having six components or elements.

Origin of sexenary

Reshaping of senary, from Latin sēnārius.

Questions about sexenary

What does sexenary mean?
Sexenary means senary (proceeding by sixes or in a base of six).
What part of speech is sexenary?
Sexenary is an adjective.

Words near sexenary in the dictionary

  1. sexduction
  2. sexe
  3. sexed
  4. sexed in
  5. sexed up
  6. sexenary
  7. sexennary
  8. sexennial
  9. sexennially
  10. sexennials
  11. sexennium

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