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intercident

/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)sɪdənt/

intercident adjective: coming or falling between; happening accidentally.

Adjective

intercident (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Coming or falling between; happening accidentally.
    • But it is found by ſad experience, that ſhe rouſes herſelf up to make a criſis, not only upon improper, and, as phyſicians call them, intercident days, […] vvhich ſeldom afford any criſis, and much ſeldomer a good one; but alſo vvhen there appear not any ſigns of coction, or at leaſt of due...1686 (indicated as 1685–1686), Robert Boyle, “A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature: […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. […], volume IV, London: […] A[ndrew]...

Noun

intercident (plural intercidents)

  1. (rare) A day that falls between other days of importance.

Forms of intercident

pluralintercidents

Origin of intercident

From Latin intercidens, intercedentis, present participle of intercidere (“to fall between”); inter (“between”) + cadere (“to fall”).

Questions about intercident

What does intercident mean?
Intercident means coming or falling between; happening accidentally.
What part of speech is intercident?
Intercident can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce intercident?
Intercident is pronounced /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)sɪdənt/.

Words near intercident in the dictionary

  1. interchromosomal
  2. interchromosomally
  3. interchromosome
  4. interchromosomic
  5. interchurch
  6. intercident
  7. intercidents
  8. interciliary
  9. intercilliary
  10. intercipient
  11. intercipients

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