infrequent — infrequent, uncommon, scarce, rare, occasional, sporadic are comparable when they mean appearing, happening, or met with so seldom as to attract attention. Something is infrequent which does not occur often, especially within a given period of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Infrequent — In*fre quent, a. [L. infrequens : cf. F. infrequent. See {In } not, and {Frequent}.] Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual. [1913 Webster] The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use among all sorts of men. Sir T.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
infréquent — infréquent, ente (in fré kan, kan t ) adj. Qui n a pas lieu fréquemment. HISTORIQUE XVIe s. • Gorreus nie aucun medecin de ses quartiers en pouvoir parler, pour estre le mal si infrequent, PARÉ VI, 23. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. infrequens, de in … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Infrequent — (v. lat.), 1) selten; 2) unbesucht; daher Infrequenz … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
infrequent — 1530s, from L. infrequentem (nom. infrequens) occurring seldom, unusual, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + frequens (see FREQUENT (Cf. frequent)). Related: Infrequently … Etymology dictionary
infrequent — [adj] not happening regularly exceptional, few, few and far between*, isolated, limited, meager, occasional, odd, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, stray, uncommon, unusual; concept 530… … New thesaurus
infrequent — Infrequent, Infrequens … Thresor de la langue françoyse
infrequent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not occurring often; rare. DERIVATIVES infrequency noun infrequently adverb … English terms dictionary
infrequent — [in frē′kwənt] adj. [L infrequens] not frequent; happening seldom or at long intervals; rare; uncommon infrequency n. infrequence infrequently adv … English World dictionary
infrequent — adjective Etymology: Latin infrequent , infrequens, from in + frequent , frequens frequent Date: circa 1615 1. seldom happening or occurring ; rare 2. placed or occurring at wide intervals in space or time < a slope scattered with infrequent… … New Collegiate Dictionary
