OFTER

Adverb

ofter

(mostly, poetic or dialectal) comparative form of oft; more often

Anagrams

• Foret, Forte, fetor, forte, frote

Source: Wiktionary


Oft"er, adv.

Definition: Compar. of Oft. [Obs.] Chaucer.

OFT

Oft (ôft; 115), adv. Etym: [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft, OHG. ofto, Sw. ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel.opt, Goth. ufta; of uncertain origin. Cf. Often.]

Definition: Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] Chaucer. Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Pope.

Oft, a.

Definition: Frequent; often; repeated. [Poetic]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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