intermittent
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intermittent
- /ˌɪntəˈmɪtn̩t/ UK
- /ˌɪntɚˈmɪtn̩t/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French intermittent, from Latin intermittens (“sending between”), from prefix inter- (“among, on”) + mittens (“sending”), from mittere (“to send”).
adjective more intermittent · most intermittent
- Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span. The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
- Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year. The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.
noun intermittents
- An intermittent fever or disease. Feuers, and especially those that are called intermittents, discontinuing agues, euen naturally at the beginning and their first inuasion, cause vomits: and at the declining, sweats.
