frequent

adj

/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/US/fɹɪˈkwɛnt/UK

Etymology

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

derived from *bʰrekʷ-✻
derived from frequens
derived from frequent

Definitions

1
Done or occurring often
Done or occurring often; common.
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
2
Occurring at short intervals.
- Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]
3
Addicted to any course of conduct
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
- [E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government.
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1. 4
  Full
  Full; crowded; thronged.
  - 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
2. 5
  Often or commonly reported.
  - 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
3. 6
  To visit often.
  - I used to frequent that restaurant.

The neighborhood

Derived

equifrequent, frequentative, frequent flier, frequent flyer, frequentism, frequentist, frequentistic, frequentness, hyperfrequent, monofrequent, nonfrequent, normofrequent, overfrequent, semifrequent, unfrequent

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A definitional loop anchored at frequent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at frequent

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