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单词 infrequency
释义

infrequency

English

Alternative forms

  • infrequence (dated)

Etymology

Latin infrequentia (scantiness).

Noun

infrequency (usually uncountable, plural infrequencies)

  1. The characteristic of being infrequent.
    the infrequency of her visits
    Synonyms: rarity, irregularity, scarcity; see also Thesaurus:rareness
  2. The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.
    • 1657, Holland, Philemon, transl., The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, translation of Moralia by Plutarch:
      [] it was the solitude and infrequency of the place that brought the dragon thither

Synonyms

  • uncommonness; see also Thesaurus:rareness
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