a. Obs. rare–1. [f. Gr. ἐμβολιμαῖ-ος of same meaning (cf. EMBOLISM) + -AL.] Intercalary. So † Embolimæan [see -AN], Embolimæar [see -AR].
1677. R. Cary, Chronol., I. I. I. iv. 11. Differences of Years, some ordinary and common, others Embolimæal.
1726. trans. Gregory’s Astron., I. 244. To this purpose they us’d Intercalary or Embolimean Months.
1796. Hutton, Math. Dict., Embolimæan is chiefly used in speaking of the additional months inserted by chronologists to form the lunar cycle of 19 years.
1677. R. Cary, Chronol., I. I. I. xii. 46. They must needs make Embolimæar Months or Days.
