Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated)An intermittent fever or disease.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. There was intermittent sunshine this morning.

    deHeute früh war es zeitweilig sonnig. — Yorwba

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  2. It's been intermittent for 2 or 3 months.

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  3. Tom is doing intermittent fasting to lose weight.

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  4. Tom tried intermittent fasting, but died of complications soon after.

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  5. Tom tried intermittent fasting, but his job was too hectic to allow it.

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Origin

From Middle French intermittent, from Latin intermittens (“sending between”), from prefix

From Middle French intermittent, from Latin intermittens (“sending between”), from prefix inter- (“among, on”) + mittens (“sending”), from mittere (“to send”).

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Forms

plural: intermittents
Singularintermittent
Pluralintermittents

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
intermediateB1interminableintermissionB1intermittentlyintermixintern
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