seldom-connected
|sel-dom-con-nect-ed|
/ˈsɛldəm kəˈnɛktɪd/
rarely linked
Etymology
'seldom-connected' originates from the combination of 'seldom' and 'connected'. 'Seldom' comes from Old English 'seldan', meaning 'rarely', and 'connected' comes from Latin 'connectere', meaning 'to bind together'.
'Seldan' evolved into 'seldom' in Middle English, and 'connectere' transformed into 'connect' in modern English, leading to the compound adjective 'seldom-connected'.
Initially, 'seldom' meant 'rarely', and 'connected' meant 'linked'. The compound 'seldom-connected' retains the meaning of 'not often linked'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
not often linked or associated with something else.
The two events are seldom-connected, occurring independently of each other.
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