sporadicaladj.
Now rare or Obsolete.
= sporadic adj.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective]
byc1050
casualc1374
fortuitc1374
fortunelc1374
fortunousc1374
causelessc1386
adventurousc1405
accidental1502
fortunable1509
happya1522
chanceable1549
occasional1569
accidentary1581
emergent1593
streave1598
contingent1604
happening1621
incidental1644
lucky1648
sporadical1654
temerarious1660
spontaneous1664
incidentarya1670
chance1676
antrin?1725
fortuitous1806
sporadic1821
windfall1845
chanced1853
blind1873
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > one-off or that cannot be repeated
once1548
uniterable1606
sporadical1654
sporadic1821
one-time1928
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adjective] > epidemic > not
sporadical1654
sporadic1696
1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica vi. 142 Som sporadical excerptions shal be presented more plausible.
1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 52 When they are sporadical, here and there sprinkled up and down among the people.
1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) I. 410 It [sc. jaundice] is generally a sporadical complaint.
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