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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Need adjective #187679 11/06/09 06:05 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA 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 dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective dalehileman #187680 11/07/09 03:18 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Aperiodic Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective zmjezhd #187684 11/07/09 06:22 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA 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 dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective dalehileman #187686 11/07/09 07:24 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 How about quidquidennial? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective Faldage #187690 11/08/09 06:23 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Fal when I Googled it I got 1 hit--this thread dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective dalehileman #187693 11/08/09 10:18 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 That's cause I made the word up. Quidquid is Latin for 'whatever'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective Faldage #187695 11/09/09 12:56 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont heh formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective Buffalo Shrdlu #187710 11/10/09 05:49 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA I llke it too ...though I am still open to pertinent suggestions Thanks all dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective dalehileman #187720 11/11/09 12:05 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 When you said "irregular" did you mean that it could be, e.g., four years followed by two followed three followed by seven? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Need adjective Faldage #187732 11/11/09 07:19 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA "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 dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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