Intercalary: Inserted out of the common order to preserve the equation of time, as the twenty-ninth of February in a leap year is an intercalary day. – A Dictionary of the English Language by Robert Gordon Latham, founded on that of
The year of the sun consisteth of three hundred and sixty-five days and six hours, wanting eleven minutes; which six hours omitted, will, in time, deprave the compute: and this was the occasion of bissextile, or leap year. – Brown, quoted by Johnson
Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, Youre not a father. I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable. – Drew Barrymore
It is strange and wonderful what changes may be wrought by a few fleeting months, on the human frame, and the human heart. – Elizabeth J. Eames, “An Autumn Reverie,” October 1840
