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The Latin for, "and from the Son," equivalent to et filio, inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clause qui ex Patre procedit (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno- Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d. 381), which makes a creed state that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the…

Frequency; abundance. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles. The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies' visits. Fuller.…

Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." Byron.

Accessible. [R.] Sidney.

The practice or habit of frequenting. [R.] Southey.

The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort. Chesterfield.

Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. -- n.

One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts to customarily.

At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.

The quality of being frequent.

See Army organization, above.

Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent. The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little Lilia first. Tennyson.

The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,

Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander,

cal; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." Macaulay.

In a grotesque manner.

Quality of being grotesque.

Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings. "The sustained grotesquery of Feather-top." K. L. Bates.