oftennessn.
/ˈɒf(t)nnəs/, /ˈɒft(ə)nnəs/, U.S. /ˈɔfə(n)nəs/, /ˈɑfə(n)nəs/, /ˈɔftə(n)nəs/, /ˈɑftə(n)nəs/ The fact or condition of occurring often; frequency.
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oftnessa1425
oftenness1565
community1595
commonness1597
frequence1603
assiduity1611
frequency1641
crebrity1656
frequentness1664
ofteninga1889
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Crebritas, oftennesse.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 66 Degrees..there could be none, except perhaps in the seeldomnes & oftennes of doing well.
1639 W. Sclater, Jr. Worthy Communicant Rewarded 49 St. Paul is at his (οσακις) his (oftennesse) of which Thomas gives a reason.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Crebrity A multitude, oftenness.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Crebritude, frequency, oftenness.
1855 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 25 (note) The name which the proverb bears in Spanish..is not proverbio,..but refran,..from the oftenness of its repetition.
1941 P. Grainger Let. 27 Sept. in All-round Man (1994) 177 I did not then guess that I would grow to be an old man without ever seeing you with such daily 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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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