— Olympiadic , adj.
/euh lim"pee ad', oh lim"-/ , n. ( often l.c. )
1. a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 B.C.
2. a celebration of the modern Olympic Games.
[ 1350-1400; ME Olympiad-, s. of Olympias Olympiás n. use of the adj.: of Olympus. See OLYMPIA, -AD 1 ]