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year | annosity |

As nouns the difference between year and annosity

is that year is the time it takes the earth to complete one revolution of the sun (between 36524 and 36526 days depending on the point of reference) while annosity is (rare) fullness of years; great length of life; agedness; lengthiness of life span.

year

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) * (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia year) (en noun)
  • The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
  • (by extension) The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body.
  • A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar.
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  • A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
  • (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
  • A level or grade in school or college.
  • The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).

    • Synonyms

    * (one revolution of the Sun by the Earth) twelvemonth * (time to make one revolution by any body) anomalistic year, Gaussian year, sidereal year, tropical year * (period between set dates) calendar year, civil year, legal year * (specific uses) fiscal year, liturgical year, school year

    Derived terms

    * calendar year * civil year * dog year * donkey's years * fiscal year * gap year * golden years * in the year of our Lord * in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ * last year * leap year * legal year * liturgical year * on in years * school year * sidereal year * sunset years * the year dot * twilight years * yearbook * year by year * year-end * year-long * year of our Lord * year of our Lord Jesus Christ * -year-old * year-round * yearhundred * yearling * yearly * yesteryear

    Related terms

    * (smaller divisions) see'' , &c. * quarter, quarterly, season, seasonal * triannual * biannual, semiannual, twice-yearly * (roughly one year) quasi-annual * yearly, annual, per annum * (ages) See * biennium, biennial * triennium, triennial, trieterical * quadrennium, quadrennial * quinquennium, quinquenniad, quintennium, quinquennial, quintennial * sexennium, sexennial * septennium, septennial, septennary, septenniad, septenary, septenarian, septennian, septennual * octennium, octaeteris, octennial, octaeteric * novennium, novennial, enneaeteric, enneatic * decade, decennium, decadal, decennial * septendecennial * enneadecaeteris * vicennium, vicennial * tricennium, tricennial * century, yearhundred, centennial, centenary, centuried * bicentennial, bicentenary * tricentennial, tricentenary tercentennial, tercentenary * millennium, kiloyear (kyr), yearthousand, millennial * termillenary * megayear (Myr), mega-annum (Ma) * gigayear (Gyr), gigannum (Ga)

    See also

    * day * week * month

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    annosity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) Fullness of years; great length of life; agedness; lengthiness of life span.
  • * 1654 : , The Reign of King Charles, an History faithfully and impartially delivered and disposed into Annals , page 136
    • Robert Parr…the wonder of our times for annosity and long life.
  • * 1994 : , volume 332, issues 7,879–7,882, page 84
    • […] the guardian of this columbarium?—?he missed that one?—?is plainly not a pedant at all. He just has a quirky love of words. Johnson wishes him annosity of his […]

    References

    * (1742 edition)
    ??''Annosity     , Agedness. * A Compleat Dictionary English and Dutch, to which is added a Grammar, for both Languages'', by William Sewel [compil.] and Egbert Buys [ed.] (1766), volume 1, page 21
    ??ANNOSITY, ''Ouderdom     . * Dictionary of the Synonymous Words and Technical Terms in the English Language'', by James Leslie (1806), page 7
    ??AGEDNESS. ''s.     Annosity. * Encyclopædia Perthensis; or, Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c.'' (2nd Ed.; 1816), volume II, page 183
    ??ANNOSITY, agedne?s. ''Bailey.     * “ †a?nnosity]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989