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infrequence

infrequence is the dated form of infrequency.

Meaning of infrequency

Noun

infrequency (usually uncountable, plural infrequencies)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being infrequent.
    • the infrequency of her visits
  2. (usually) The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.
    • […]it was the solitude and infrequency of the place that brought the dragon thither1657, Philemon, transl. Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, translation of Moralia by Plutarch

Forms of infrequence

pluralinfrequences

Origin of infrequence

From in- + frequence.

Questions about infrequence

What is infrequence the dated form of?
Infrequence is the dated form of infrequency.

Words near infrequence in the dictionary

  1. infravisible
  2. infravision
  3. infrayellow
  4. infrazygapophyseal
  5. infrazygomatic
  6. infrequence
  7. infrequences
  8. infrequencies
  9. infrequency
  10. infrequent
  11. infrequently

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