Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intermissive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-mis-sive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.

Example Sentences

"Wounds I vvill lend the French, inſtead of eyes, / To vveep their intermiſſive miſeries."
"I […] reduc'd Ireland, after ſo many intermiſsive VVars, to ſuch a perfect paſſe of obedience; […]"
"And therefore as though there vvere any feriation in nature or juſtitiums imaginable in profeſſions, vvhoſe ſubject is natural, and under no intermiſſive, but constant vvay of mutation, this ſeaſon is commonly termed the phyſician's vacation, and ſtands so received by moſt men."

Inflected Forms

more intermissive (comparative) most intermissive (superlative)

Derived Forms

unintermissive

Synonyms

patchy spasmodic broken fitful ragged catchy discontinuous intermissive intermittent stop-start

Questions

What does intermissive mean?: Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.

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