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Bicenquinquagenary - Used by Princeton University in 1996 and Washington and Lee University in 1999. It is a coined word for an anniversary of 250 years, but the elements of the word literally refer to an anniversary of 10,000 years, as follows: bi- (2) × cen(t)- (100) × quinquagenary (50 years).
CAN YOU SAY "BICENQUINQUAGENARY"? The Down East Dilettante 2026
Chimacoff commented on the word bicenquinquagenary
bicenquinquagenary is the 250th anniversary of the founding of an institution
June 9, 2009