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#187679 - 11/06/09 01:05 PM Need adjective
dalehileman Offline
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Could someone kindly suggest an adjective meaning recurring at intervals of an irregular but unspecified period of several years, as with the molting or mating habits of certain wildlife
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#187680 - 11/06/09 10:18 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: dalehileman]
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#187684 - 11/07/09 01:22 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: zmjezhd]
dalehileman Offline
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zm thank you for that suggestion but I was hoping to find a term specific to an interval of several years. The term woujld describe an event biennial, triennial, etc After an inordinate bout perusing Thesaurus.com I had pretty well concluded that there isn't any such word but started this thread hoping I was wrong
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#187686 - 11/07/09 02:24 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: dalehileman]
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How about quidquidennial?

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#187690 - 11/08/09 01:23 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: Faldage]
dalehileman Offline
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Fal when I Googled it I got 1 hit--this thread
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#187693 - 11/08/09 05:18 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: dalehileman]
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That's cause I made the word up. Quidquid is Latin for 'whatever'.

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#187695 - 11/08/09 07:56 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: Faldage]
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heh

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#187710 - 11/10/09 12:49 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
dalehileman Offline
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I llke it too

...though I am still open to pertinent suggestions

Thanks all
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#187720 - 11/10/09 07:05 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: dalehileman]
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When you said "irregular" did you mean that it could be, e.g., four years followed by two followed three followed by seven?

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#187732 - 11/11/09 02:19 PM Re: Need adjective [Re: Faldage]
dalehileman Offline
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"When you said "irregular" did you mean that it could be, e.g., four years followed by two followed three followed by seven?"

Yes. Why a suitable term, if there is one, should be so obscure is a mystery
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