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ˈoftenness Now rare.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The fact or condition of occurring often; frequency.
1565Oftennesse [see oftness]. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. viii. §8 Degrees..there could be none, except perhaps in the seeldomnes and oftennes of doing well. 1639Sclater Worthy Commun. 49 St. Paul is at his (οσακις) his (oftennesse) of which Thomas gives a reason. 1656Blount Glossogr., Crebrity, a multitude, oftenness. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Crebritude, frequency, oftenness. 1977‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon ii. 27 The Pisser's [sc. a pylon's] noise..had actually intensified both in volume and in oftenness. |