oftness
English
Etymology
oft + -ness
Noun
oftness (uncountable)
- (archaic, rare) The quality of happening often; frequency.
- 1888, Richard Hooker, John Keble, The Works (volume 2, page 411)
- Often fasting which was a virtue in John's disciples could not in them of itself be a vice, and therefore not the oftness of their fasting but their hypocrisy therein was blamed.
- 1888, Richard Hooker, John Keble, The Works (volume 2, page 411)
Synonyms
- frequency; see also Thesaurus:commonness