different between frequent vs showery

English

Etymology 1

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrek- (“to cram together”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?i?.kw?nt/

Adjective

frequent (comparative more frequent or frequenter, superlative most frequent or frequentest)

1. Done or occurring often; common.
2. Occurring at short intervals.
3. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
4. (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
   • 1603, Ben Jonson, Sejanus His Fall

     'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.

5. (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
   • 1626, Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor

     'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.

Synonyms

• regular
• recurring
• continual
• steady

Antonyms

• rare
• uncommon

Related terms

• frequency
• frequently
• infrequent
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Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???kw?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

frequent (third-person singular simple present frequents, present participle frequenting, simple past and past participle frequented)

1. (transitive) To visit often.

Derived terms

• frequenter
• unfrequented

Translations

Further reading

• frequent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• frequent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

German

Etymology

From Latin frequens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?e?kv?nt]
• Hyphenation: fre?quent

Adjective

frequent (comparative frequenter, superlative am frequentesten)

1. (dated or medicine) frequent

Declension

Further reading

• “frequent” in Duden online

Old French

Adjective

frequent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular frequent or frequente)

1. frequent; often

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: frequent
• French: fréquent

English

Etymology

shower +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a???i

Adjective

showery (comparative showerier, superlative showeriest)

1. Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.
   • 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 3, [1]

     A gentleman goes forth on a showery and miry day. He returns immaculate in the evening with the gloss still on his hat and his boots.

   • 2007, William Trevor, "The Children" in Cheating at Canasta, New York: Viking, pp. 157-8,

     The sun came out after what had been a showery morning, allowing the celebration to take place in the garden.

2. Of or relating to a shower or showers.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 6, lines 757-9, [2]

     Over their heads a crystal firmament, / Whereon a sapphire throne, inlaid with pure / Amber, and colours of the showery arch.

   • 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 9,

     She knew exactly how each of these trees would talk if only she could wake them, and what sort of human form it would put on. She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about her face, and fond of dancing.

Anagrams

• Howerys