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sporadic

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sporadikós), from ?????? (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from ????? (sporá), ?????? (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /sp???æ??k/, /sp???æ??k/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /sp???æd?k/, /sp???æd?k/
  • Rhymes: -æd?k

Adjective

sporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)

  1. (archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
  2. Rare and scattered in occurrence.
  3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.

Derived terms

  • sporadic E layer

Related terms

  • sporadical
  • sporadically
  • sporadicalness

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • caproids, carpoids, picadors

Romanian

Etymology

From French sporadique

Adjective

sporadic m or n (feminine singular sporadic?, masculine plural sporadici, feminine and neuter plural sporadice)

  1. sporadic

Declension

Related terms

  • sporadicitate

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irregularly

English

Etymology

irregular +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?????j?l?li/

Adverb

irregularly (comparative more irregularly, superlative most irregularly)

  1. In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order.

Translations

References

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

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