oftentimeadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɒfntʌɪm/,

/ˈɒft(ə)ntʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈɔf(ə)nˌtaɪm/,

/ˈɑf(ə)nˌtaɪm/,

/ˈɔftnˌtaɪm/,

/ˈɑftnˌtaɪm/

Forms: see often adv. and time n., int., and conj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: often adv., time n.

Etymology: < often adv. + time n., after oft-time adv.In Middle English written indifferently as one word or as two. Since the 16th cent. usually written as one word.

Now chiefly U.S.

A. adv.

= oftentimes adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > [adverb]

unseldea950

oftOE

thickOE

ylomeOE

oftsithec1175

oftsithesc1175

lomec1200

oftlya1225

oft-stounds1303

continuallyc1305

oftena1325

rifely1357

oft-timesc1384

oft-timec1387

oftentimesa1393

oftentimec1395

fele-sitha1400

lightlya1400

oftentide?a1400

rifea1400

seresitha1400

many a foldc1400

often sithec1405

hauntinglyc1440

by many a foldc1450

fele-syss1489

frequently1531

feltymesc1540

oftens1567

oftenly1574

frequent1614

repeatedlya1647

(as) often as not1723

more often (or oftener) than not1723

not uncommonly1747

not infrequently1779

(at) every whip-stitch1824

oftenwhilesa1850

at short intervals1859

c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 388 Or elles often tyme I hadde been spilt.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 9 I haue often tyme seen it.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 60 (MED) It nediþ noon oþir cure but for to reiteren þe same medicyne as often tyme as it nediþ.

a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Cambr.) 3335 Ȝe wot alle..That often tyme Saber þe hore Hath me greuyd full sore.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iv. sig. F7 They are knowen oftentime..to be in the lowest region of the ayre, neare to the earth.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 11 This reede is ryfe, that often~time, great clymbers fall vnsoft.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. ii. x Thinking perhaps, that it was as convenient for men to refraine from their wives conversation, as he did often time from sitting in the Court.

1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 316 One knows not how to believe the countrymen that are oftentime unobserving.

1805 F. Reynolds Blind Bargain ii. v. 35 Oftentime when we've been playing hide and seek, hasn't he bob'd in and out of bushes, like a young rabbit?

1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs ii. 28 Oftentime the proverb in its more popular form is so greatly superior to the same in this its Latin..dress.

1894 G. Moore Esther Waters xx. 159 She followed, oftentime forced to break into a run, tremulous lest he should fall.

1920 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 6 314 They are obliged to stand in water often time mid-leg high, exposed to the scorching heat of the sun.

1969 Jrnl. Finance 24 184 This shortcoming leads to some loss in generality of the theory and often-time to errors in the practical application thereof.

1987 Jrnl. Black Stud. 17 323 There is no balanced, comprehensive treatment of the sometime troubled, oftentime misunderstood or distorted historical relationship between Africans and African-Americans.

B. adj.

Frequent. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > [adjective]

commona1325

ofta1382

yedera1400

oftena1450

thick?c1450

repeated1577

obvious1586

crebrousc1600

frequent1604

thick and threefold1615

oftentime1876

oft-time1895

1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xviii. 475 Where Cosmo of the Medici had his oftentime habitation.

1992 Hist. Educ. Q. 32 69 The attainment of constitutional status..made the university an often-time opponent to any major reorganization.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oftentime
释义	oftentimeadv.adj. Brit. /ˈɒfntʌɪm/, /ˈɒft(ə)ntʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈɔf(ə)nˌtaɪm/, /ˈɑf(ə)nˌtaɪm/, /ˈɔftnˌtaɪm/, /ˈɑftnˌtaɪm/ Forms: see often adv. and time n., int., and conj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: often adv., time n. Etymology: < often adv. + time n., after oft-time adv.In Middle English written indifferently as one word or as two. Since the 16th cent. usually written as one word. Now chiefly U.S. A. adv. = oftentimes adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] unseldea950 oftOE thickOE ylomeOE oftsithec1175 oftsithesc1175 lomec1200 oftlya1225 oft-stounds1303 continuallyc1305 oftena1325 rifely1357 oft-timesc1384 oft-timec1387 oftentimesa1393 oftentimec1395 fele-sitha1400 lightlya1400 oftentide?a1400 rifea1400 seresitha1400 many a foldc1400 often sithec1405 hauntinglyc1440 by many a foldc1450 fele-syss1489 frequently1531 feltymesc1540 oftens1567 oftenly1574 frequent1614 repeatedlya1647 (as) often as not1723 more often (or oftener) than not1723 not uncommonly1747 not infrequently1779 (at) every whip-stitch1824 oftenwhilesa1850 at short intervals1859 c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 388 Or elles often tyme I hadde been spilt. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 9 I haue often tyme seen it. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 60 (MED) It nediþ noon oþir cure but for to reiteren þe same medicyne as often tyme as it nediþ. a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Cambr.) 3335 Ȝe wot alle..That often tyme Saber þe hore Hath me greuyd full sore. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iv. sig. F7 They are knowen oftentime..to be in the lowest region of the ayre, neare to the earth. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 11 This reede is ryfe, that often~time, great clymbers fall vnsoft. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. ii. x Thinking perhaps, that it was as convenient for men to refraine from their wives conversation, as he did often time from sitting in the Court. 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 316 One knows not how to believe the countrymen that are oftentime unobserving. 1805 F. Reynolds Blind Bargain ii. v. 35 Oftentime when we've been playing hide and seek, hasn't he bob'd in and out of bushes, like a young rabbit? 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs ii. 28 Oftentime the proverb in its more popular form is so greatly superior to the same in this its Latin..dress. 1894 G. Moore Esther Waters xx. 159 She followed, oftentime forced to break into a run, tremulous lest he should fall. 1920 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 6 314 They are obliged to stand in water often time mid-leg high, exposed to the scorching heat of the sun. 1969 Jrnl. Finance 24 184 This shortcoming leads to some loss in generality of the theory and often-time to errors in the practical application thereof. 1987 Jrnl. Black Stud. 17 323 There is no balanced, comprehensive treatment of the sometime troubled, oftentime misunderstood or distorted historical relationship between Africans and African-Americans. B. adj. Frequent. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adjective] commona1325 ofta1382 yedera1400 oftena1450 thick?c1450 repeated1577 obvious1586 crebrousc1600 frequent1604 thick and threefold1615 oftentime1876 oft-time1895 1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xviii. 475 Where Cosmo of the Medici had his oftentime habitation. 1992 Hist. Educ. Q. 32 69 The attainment of constitutional status..made the university an often-time opponent to any major reorganization. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.c1395
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