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unˈtimeous, a. Chiefly Sc.
Forms: 5 wn-, 6–7 vn-, untymous, 6 untimus, 7–8 untimous; 6 untymeus, 7 -tymeous, 9 -timeous.
[Alteration of earlier untimes, untymys (see untime n. 1 b), by assimilation to adjs. in -eous. For this change of ending cf. undeemous a.]
1. Unseasonable; = untimely a. 2, 3.
a1500Ratis Raving 95 Tak not delyt in morne slepinge, Wntymous eting na drynkynge. a1584Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 397 Vntymous spurring spillis the steid. 1586Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 74 The inoportune and untymous sutes of divers personis. 1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. Pref., We could not but leave..to you..the legacie of an untimous repentance. 1670Ray Prov. 280 Of untymous persons:..He is as welcome as snaw in harvest. 1823Scott Quentin D. xvi, It required all the authority..which Quentin could exert over him, to restrain his irreverent and untimeous jocularity. 1883Contemp. Rev. Oct. 612 You do not find yourself oppressed by untimeous volunteered franknesses.
b. Of times (esp. of the night).
1728Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 60 Wha's that gi'es fowk a fright At sic untimous time of night? 1836M. Scott Cruise Midge I. 349 Wha makes such an indecent uproar..at such an untimeous season? 1837Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Grey Dolphin, To inquire who sought admittance at that untimeous hour. 1894Crockett Raiders iii, It was this which had raised me at such untimeous hours.
2. Premature; = untimely a. 1.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 408 He..was prevenit be untimus deith. 1603Jas. I. βασιλ. Δωρον To Rdr. A 8 b, So as this their great concurrence in curiositie..hath inforced the vn-timous divulgating of this booke. 1634Canne Necess. Separ. 88 If his death was vntimous, it was rather for his secret intentions crossing his fathers courses. 1646R. Baillie Anabaptism (1647) 66 The change..ere long..brought upon him an untimous and cruell death. 1828Moir Mansie Wauch xiii, I believe he came to some untimeous end. |