What does seldomtimes mean?
Seldomtimes means (archaic) Seldom; rarely; infrequently..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(archaic) Seldom; rarely; infrequently..
1850, Henry Bullinger, H. I. (translator), Reverand Thomas Harding, A.M. (editor), The Decades of Henry Bullinger, Minister of the Church of Zurich. Mankind in prosperity is all upon lustiness and jollity, and seldomtimes thinketh with himself, from whence prosperity cometh: so he doth not set by those spiritual mysteries and benefits so much as otherwise he ought.
1826-1827, Thomas Hood, Whims and Oddities Alack, — mischance comes seldomtimes alone, / But aye the worried dog must rue more curs than one.
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Seldomtimes means (archaic) Seldom; rarely; infrequently..
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1850, Henry Bullinger, H. I. (translator), Reverand Thomas Harding, A.M. (editor), The Decades of Henry Bullinger, Minister of the Church of Zurich. Mankind in prosperity is all upon lustiness and jollity, and seldomtimes thinketh with himself, from whence prosperity cometh: so he doth not set by those spiritual mysteries and benefits so much as otherwise he ought.
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