untimely
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English untymely (also earlier untimliche ), equivalent to un- + timely . First attested in the early 13th century.[1] [2] Compare Middle Danish utimelig , Old English untídlic ("unseasonable").[3]
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]untimely (comparative untimelier or more untimely, superlative untimeliest or most untimely)
- At an inopportune time.
- Synonyms: inopportune ; see also Thesaurus:untimely
- Antonyms: timely , opportune , on time , to time ; see also Thesaurus:punctual
- untimely remarks
- Early; premature.
- Synonyms: early , premature ; see also Thesaurus:premature
- Antonyms: late , tardy ; see also Thesaurus:overdue
- an untimely death
- c. 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Savage", in The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, volume 3, published 1794:
- The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been very often no less remarkable for what they have suffered, than for what they have atchieved[sic ]; and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned, and relate their unhappy lives, and untimely deaths.
- 1898, Florence Earle Coates, Before the Hour :
- Untimely blossom! Poor, impatient thing, / That, starting rashly from the sheltering mould, / Bravest the peevish wind and sullen cold, / Mistaking thine own ardors for the spring
Synonyms
[edit ]- untimeless (archaic)
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]taking place at an inopportune time — see also inopportune, intempestive, extemporaneous, extemporal
- Bulgarian: ненавременен (bg) (nenavremenen)
- Catalan: intempestiu
- Estonian: ajakohatu
- Finnish: huonosti ajoitettu
- French: intempestif (fr)
- Galician: intempestivo (gl)
- German: unpassend (de)
- Greek: ανεπίκαιρος (el) (anepíkairos)
- Ancient Greek: ἄωρος (áōros)
- Irish: antráthach
- Italian: inopportuno (it) , intempestivo (it) , inatteso (it) , improvviso (it)
- Kazakh: мезгілсіз (mezgilsiz)
- Latin: intempestus
- Polish: nie w porę
- Portuguese: intempestivo (pt)
- Swedish: oläglig (sv)
- Welsh: anamserol
early; premature
- Bulgarian: преждевре́менен (bg) (preždevrémenen)
- Czech: předčasný (cs) m
- Estonian: enneaegne (et)
- Finnish: ennenaikainen (fi)
- French: vert (fr)
- Galician: please add this translation if you can
- German: vorzeitig (de) , verfrüht (de) , frühzeitig (de) , viel zu früh
- Greek: please add this translation if you can
- Ingrian: ennenaikain
- Italian: prematuro (it) , inaspettato (it) , inopportuno (it) , precipitoso (it)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: praecox
- Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: przedwczesny (pl)
- Russian: преждевре́менный (ru) (preždevrémennyj), несвоевре́менный (ru) (nesvojevrémennyj)
- Slovene: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: annhymhoraidd , cynamserol
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Adverb
[edit ]untimely (comparative more untimely, superlative most untimely)
- Prematurely.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, "The Tragedie of Macbeth", in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [...] (First Folio), London: [...] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii], page 151:
- Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Untimely ript.
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 215:
- They light fires under fruit trees to keep the fruit from falling untimely.
- 1916, Florence Earle Coates, In Memory of Caroline Furness Jayne :
- Couldst thou go from us, in thy beauteous June, / Leaving a sense of joy untimely perished, / Of music stilled too soon?
Translations
[edit ]prematurely — see also untimeously
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉 (unuhteigō)
References
[edit ]- ^ "untīmelī, adj.", in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ "untīmelī, adv.", in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), "untimely", in Online Etymology Dictionary .
Anagrams
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