MONTH
ADJECTIVES
► BIMESTRIAL lasting two months → 1846
► DECIMESTRIAL consisting of ten months → 1842
► MONTHISH relating to a month; monthly → 1540 obs.
► SEMESTRIAL lasting for six months; taking place every six months → 1701
► TRIMENSUAL happening every three months → 1891
► TRIMESTRIAL occurring every three months; consisting of tree months → 1693
► ULTIMO of last month → 1616
► ULTO of last month → 1760 US
ADVERBS
► ULTIMO on the last of a month → 1582 obs.
NOUNS
► BACKBEAT OF THE TREY THIRTY the third day of the month → 1980s African-American/Harlem sl.
► BUTT a fraction of a year, month, or week → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CALENDAR one month → 20C teen & high school sl.
► EGYPTIAN DAYS the two days in each month which were believed to be unlucky → 1398 obs.
► LIDE the month of March → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MO a month → 1910s US sl.
► MONE a month → 1855 (Bk.)
► MONTHLING something a month old; something that lives only one month → 1804
► MOONSHINE a month → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PIG-MONTHS months in which there is an ‘r’ (September-April) → 19C obs.
► RAITH a quarter of a year; three months → a1300 Sc.
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