单词 | seldomness |
释义 | seldomnessn. Infrequency, rareness. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [noun] rarenessa1530 rarity1542 seldomness1561 unfrequency1611 infrequence1644 infrequency1677 low frequency1899 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. L.ivv The sildomenesse of suche as are seen to attain to that point. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) ii. 44 The strength of delight is in its seldomness or rarity. 1792 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 172 Suffer the length of my letters to attone for their seldomness. 1861 Ld. Palmerston Speech in Times 9 Jan. 6/4 In proportion to the seldomness of those occasions..is the gratification which they afford. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1561 |
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