Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seldomtimes

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sel-dom-times
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Seldom; rarely; infrequently.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"1850, Henry Bullinger, H. I. (translator), Reverand Thomas Harding, A.M. (editor), The Decades of Henry Bullinger, Minister of the Church of Zurich. Mankind in prosperity is all upon lustiness and jollity, and seldomtimes thinketh with himself, from whence prosperity cometh: so he doth not set by those spiritual mysteries and benefits so much as otherwise he ought."
"1826-1827, Thomas Hood, Whims and Oddities Alack, — mischance comes seldomtimes alone, / But aye the worried dog must rue more curs than one."

Etymology

From seldom + times.

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does seldomtimes mean?: Seldom; rarely; infrequently.
Where does seldomtimes come from?: From seldom + times.

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