elsewhen

 

elsewhen (not comparable)

(archaic) At some other time or times; somewhen else.

Havishamesque

 

Havishamesque (comparative more Havishamesque, superlative most Havishamesque)

Stuck in the past; also, refusing to accept change or failure. 

 An illustration of Miss Havisham by Harry Furniss from a 1910 edition of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (originally published 1860–1861).

occasive

 

occasive (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the setting sun
2. (obsolete, of the sun) descending

retronym

 

A retronym is a newer name for an existing thing that helps differentiate the original form from a more recent one. It is thus a word or phrase created to avoid confusion between older and newer types, whereas previously (before there were more than one type) no clarification was required.

Advances in technology are often responsible for the coinage of retronyms. For example, the term acoustic guitar was coined with the advent of electric guitars; analog watches were renamed to distinguish them from digital watches once the latter were invented; and "push bike" was created to distinguish from motorbikes and motorized bicycles; finally "feature phone" was also coined behind smartphones. 

The global war of the early 20th Century from 1914 to 1918 was referred to at the time as the "Great War". However, after World War II (also known as the Second World War) erupted in 1939, the Great War was gradually more commonly referred to instead as World War I or the First World War.

The first bicycles with two wheels of equal size were called "safety bicycles" because they were easier to handle than the then-dominant style that had one large wheel and one small wheel, which then became known as an "ordinary" bicycle.

 

Larghissimo

 Larghissimo – extremely slow musical timing (24 bpm and under)

Shortt–Synchronome free pendulum clock

 The Shortt–Synchronome free pendulum clock is a complex precision electromechanical pendulum clock invented in 1921 by British railway engineer William Hamilton Shortt in collaboration with horologist Frank Hope-Jones.

 

half term

 

half term (plural half terms)

1. (UK) A short school holiday in the middle of the term.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half,‎ term.

trice

 

trice (plural trices)

1. Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.

monthslong

 

monthslong (not comparable)

1. Lasting for multiple months

chronozone

 A chronozone or chron is a unit in chronostratigraphy, defined by events such as geomagnetic reversals (magnetozones), or based on the presence of specific fossils (biozone or biochronozone). According to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the term "chronozone" refers to the rocks formed during a particular time period, while "chron" refers to that time period.

 

quasquicentennial

adjective

pertaining to or marking a period of 125 years.

noun

a 125th anniversary.

a celebration marking such an anniversary.

caffè sospeso

A caffè sospeso (pronounced [kafˈfɛ soˈspeːzo]; Italian for "suspended coffee") or pending coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone who had experienced good luck would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.^[1][2] Coffee shops in other countries have adopted the sospeso to increase sales, and to promote kindness and caring.

quadragene

quadragene (plural quadragenes)

1. An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.

triennial

triennial (not comparable)

1. Happening every three years.

   triennial elections

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2. Lasting for three years.

   triennial parliaments; a triennial reign

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   triennial (plural triennials)
   

3. A third anniversary.

aurorean

aurorean:
Related to or pertaining to dawn.

indiction

An indiction is any of the years in a 15-year cycle used to date medieval documents throughout Europe, both East and West. Each year of a cycle was numbered: first indiction, second indiction, etc. However, the cycles were not numbered, thus other information is needed to identify the specific year.

When the term began to be used, it referred only to the full cycle, and individual years were referred to as being Year 1 of the indiction, Year 2 of the indiction, etc. But usage changed, and it gradually became common to talk of the 1st indiction, the 2nd indiction, and so on.

Etos Kosmou

Etos Kosmou (Ancient Greek: Έτος Κόσμου) was an early Byzantine and Roman Christian chronology system of measuring time introduced by Panodorus of Alexandria, Hippolytus of Rome, Sulpicius Severus, Annianus of Alexandria, George Syncellus, and others. It means, "Year of the Universe."

Tebet

Tebet (Hebrew: טֵבֵת, Standard Tevet; Sephardim/Yemenite/Mizrachim "Tebeth"; Ashkenazi Teves; Tiberian Ṭēḇēṯ; from Akkadian ṭebētu) is the fourth month of the civil year and the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It follows Kislev and precedes Shevat. It is a winter month of 29 days. Tebet usually occurs in December–January on the Gregorian calendar.

Anno Mundi

Anno Mundi (Latin: "in the year of the world"), abbreviated as AM or A.M., refers to a Calendar era based on the Biblical creation of the world. Numerous efforts have been made to determine the Biblical date of Creation, yielding varying results. Besides differences in interpretation, which version of the Bible is being referenced also impacts on the result. (see Dating creation)

The Hebrew calendar era is used within the Jewish communities for religious and other purposes; and the Byzantine calendar has been in general use at one time in the Orthodox Churches and several Eastern European countries.

O'clock

O'clock

In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral.

We are expected to be there at six o'clock in the morning!

It is two o'clock.

What o'clock is it?

Shortened form of “of the clock” or “on the clock”; that is, “according to the clock”.