oftentime
/ˈɒfntʌɪm/ /ˈɒft(ə)ntʌɪm/Now chiefly US
adverb
= oftentimes.
adjective
Frequent. rare.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From often + time interjection conj., after oft-time.
- literalistic
- literality
- literalization
- literalize
- literalizer
- literally
- literal-minded
- literalness
- literarian
- literarily
- literariness
- literarism
- literary
- literary adviser
- literary advisor
- literary agency
- literary agent
- literary circle
- literary critic
- literary-critical
- literary criticism
- literary editing
- literary editorship
- literary executor
- literary gent