Meanings
plural tercentenaries
- Synonym of tricentennial (“a 300th anniversary”).
Adventures and romance only take on their adventurous and romantic qualities at second-hand. Live them, and they are just a slice of life like the rest. In literature they become as charming as this dismal ball would be if we were celebrating its tercentenary.
1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter XXV, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 306Synonyms: tricentennial
- not comparableSynonym of tricentennial (“of or relating to a 300th anniversary”).
Synonyms: tricentennial
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of tricentennial (“a 300th anniversary”).
adjectiveSynonym of tricentennial (“of or relating to a 300th anniversary”).
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Origin
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tercentenary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tercentenary
“tercentenary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tercentenary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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