Intermissive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent.
"Wounds I vvill lend the French, inſtead of eyes, / To vveep their intermiſſive miſeries."

Synonyms

broken catchy discontinuous fitful intermittent patchy

Example

"Wounds I vvill lend the French, inſtead of eyes, / To vveep their intermiſſive miſeries."

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