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[Open] Infrequentative

A list of 45 words by Dan337.

  • sallywas added by leaden and appears on 57 lists
  • hackwas added by hernesheir and appears on 98 lists
  • whiffwas added by fbharjo and appears on 57 lists
  • twistwas added by fbharjo and appears on 75 lists
  • stookwas added by fbharjo and appears on 7 lists
  • swathewas added by fbharjo and appears on 39 lists
  • tingwas added by fbharjo and appears on 20 lists
  • twinkwas added by fbharjo and appears on 25 lists
  • twangwas added by fbharjo and appears on 37 lists
  • writhewas added by fbharjo and appears on 94 lists
  • quibwas added by fbharjo and appears on 6 lists
  • speckwas added by fbharjo and appears on 25 lists
  • fraywas added by fbharjo and appears on 72 lists
  • dwinewas added by fbharjo and appears on 12 lists
  • cubicwas added by fbharjo and appears on 16 lists
  • crumbwas added by fbharjo and appears on 41 lists
  • crinkwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
  • cribwas added by fbharjo and appears on 30 lists
  • crackwas added by fbharjo and appears on 74 lists
  • brickwas added by fbharjo and appears on 59 lists
  • truckwas added by fbharjo and appears on 44 lists
  • gigwas added by fbharjo and appears on 40 lists
  • curdwas added by fbharjo and appears on 30 lists
  • nipwas added by fbharjo and appears on 52 lists
  • nibwas added by fbharjo and appears on 37 lists
  • chuffwas added by Dan337 and appears on 33 lists
  • sniffwas added by Dan337 and appears on 32 lists
  • moldwas added by Dan337 and appears on 34 lists
  • trampwas added by Dan337 and appears on 61 lists
  • bobwas added by Dan337 and appears on 61 lists
  • whinewas added by Dan337 and appears on 47 lists
  • tootwas added by Dan337 and appears on 37 lists
  • snugwas added by Dan337 and appears on 42 lists
  • buskwas added by Dan337 and appears on 25 lists
  • nosewas added by Dan337 and appears on 57 lists
  • caterwas added by Dan337 and appears on 25 lists
  • viséwas added by Dan337 and appears on 2 lists
  • swagwas added by Dan337 and appears on 66 lists
  • pratewas added by Dan337 and appears on 83 lists
  • saultwas added by Dan337 and appears on 5 lists
  • spousewas added by Dan337 and appears on 26 lists
  • dartwas added by Dan337 and appears on 46 lists
  • dabwas added by Dan337 and appears on 38 lists
  • wagwas added by Dan337 and appears on 63 lists
  • stutwas added by Dan337 and appears on 2 lists
  • hovewas added by Dan337 and appears on 19 lists

About

Non-frequentative verbs which also have a frequentative form (which you may add to the list “Frequentative”, if you like)

Examples include bob (bobble), busk (bustle), dab (dabble), hove (hover), nose (nuzzle), prate (prattle), snug (snuggle), toot (tootle), tramp (trample), and wag (waggle).

I include verbs derived from non-English frequentatives on the other list, so I include here corresponding English verbs descended from the non-frequentative ancestors, where such words exist. Some of the pairing are, consequently, questionable,* e.g., spouse/espouse, sault/sauté, visé/revise. (A particularly counter-intuitive pair is cater/catch, where catch, not cater, is the frequentative descendant.)

* And please do question them, if you think I’m prattling. I wish we still had list comments.

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