hebdomadal
pronunciation
How to pronounce hebdomadal in British English:
UK [heb'dɒmədl]
How to pronounce hebdomadal in American English:
US [heb'dɒmədəl]
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- Adjective:
- appearing or occurring every seven days
Word Origin
- hebdomadal (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin hebdomadalis, from hebdomas, from Greek hebdomas "the number seven; a period of seven (days)," from hepta "seven" (from PIE *septm; see seven) + -mos, suffix used to form ordinal numbers, cognate with Latin -mus. In later use as pedantic humor.
Example
- 1. We may send out spacecraft to ring them round , but we ourselves are still held in the hebdomadal grip of the seven .