Middle English Dictionary Entry
occāsiọ̄nāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | occāsiọ̄nāl adj. |
| Etymology | ML occāsiōnālis & OF ocasïonel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Occurring now and then, occasional.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)293a/a : Þe male mule..gendreþ som tyme..and þat but by happe, but what he gendreth is strange and occasyonal [L occasionatum], as he þat is y-gendred bytwen an hors and an asse.