a. Now rare or Obs. [See prec. and -ICAL.] = prec.
1654. Vilvain, Theor. Theol., vi. 142. Som sporadical excerptions shal be presented more plausible.
1665. Needham, Med. Medicinæ, 52. When they are sporadical, here and there sprinkled up and down among the people.
1829. Cooper, Good’s Study Med. (ed. 3), I. 410. It [jaundice] is generally a sporadical complaint.
