intermittent

noun

(medicine, dated) An intermittent fever or disease.

adjective

Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.

(specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within mitto-mitt · Latin · send

Synonyms for intermittent

sporadicadj intermittingv occasionaladj noncontinuousadj discontinuousadj fitfuladj infrequentadj recurrentadj spasmodicadj periodicadj recurringadj irregularadj episodicadj interruptedadj erraticadj alternatingadj patchyadj

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The word intermittent breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: inter-, from Latin inter (“between, within”); and -mitt, from Latin mitto (“send”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.