quadrennial

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriennium (“four-year period”), from quattuor (“four”) + annus (“year”); surface analysis quadr- + -ennial.

adj

  1. Happening every four years.
    The quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off with less than the usual excitement. 1852, Millard Fillmore, State of the Union Address
  2. Lasting for four years.

noun

  1. A four-year period, a quadrennium.

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