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Unusual synonyms

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ceraceous
hebdomadal

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PRONUNCIATION:

(heb-DOM-uh-duhl)

MEANING:

adjective: Weekly.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin hebdomas, from Greek hepta (seven). Earliest documented use: 1612.

USAGE:

“I still look forward to the hebdomadal arrival of SI as I did when I was a boy and read my brother’s subscription.”
Raymond J. De Souza; Sixty years of Sports Illustrated; National Post (Don Mills, Canada); Aug 21, 2014.

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