dilatoryadj.¹n.

/ˈdɪlətəri/

Forms: 1500s–1600s dilatorie, 1600s– dilatory, (1700s irregular dilitary). Also 1500s–1600s delatorie, (1500s delaterye, deletary), 1600s delatory.

Etymology: < Latin dīlātōrius, < dīlātōr-em a delayer, agent-noun < differre , dīlāt- to defer v.¹, delay: see dilate v.¹ Compare French dilatoire (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

A. adj.¹

a. Tending to cause delay; made for the purpose of gaining time or deferring decision or action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective]

tarryingc1386

delayous1469

oversettingc1485

dilator1503

tarrysome1513

lingeringa1547

deferringc1565

delaying1576

dilatory1581

driving1585

protractive1596

tarrowinga1598

delayful1600

protracting1600

cunctative1617

suspensivea1623

remorala1625

Penelopeana1627

demurrant1633

remorating1638

retarding1654

tardative1666

temporizing1801

procrastinative1824

tomorrowing1824

procrastinatory1839

postponing1852

cunctatory1862

cunctatious1864

traa dy liooar1878

suspensory1884

off-putting1894

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xxi. 622 It was very Dilatorie for the Justices of Peace, to take those Wages, at the handes of the Shirife.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C3 From his delaterie dye-case.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 234 I abhorre This dilatory sloth, and trickes of Rome.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 28 Dilatory letters excusing themselves from coming thither.

1671 T. Shadwell Humorists v, in Wks. (1720) I. 202 I will..make no hesitation or dilatory scruple.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 178. ⁋4 By long deliberation and dilatory projects they may both be lost.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. iii. 80 The policy of England continued to be expectant and dilatory.

b. Law. dilatory plea, a plea put in for the sake of delay. dilatory exception: see exception n. 4(a). dilatory defence (in Scots Law): see quot.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea for sake of delay

dilator1473

prolong1488

dilatory plea1535

dilature1554

dilatory1570

interplea1631

horse-plea1796

1292 Britton ii. xvii. §1 Par excepciouns dilatories.]

1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 14 §5 None essoin..or other dilatorie ple for the defendant shall be admitted.

1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) 21 They..do seeke for nothing more then to checke the course of iustice by their delatory pleas.

1678 Hickes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 49 At last all the dilatory exceptions being answered, the Jury was impanelled and the witnesses sworn.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 301 Dilatory pleas are such as tend merely to delay or put off the suit, by questioning the propriety of the remedy, rather than by denying the injury.

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Dilatory Defence is a plea offered by a defender for eliding the conclusions of the action, without entering on the merits of the cause.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 327 Those [exceptions] are dilatory that are available only for a time, such as that of an agreement not to sue say for five years.

2. Given to or characterized by delay; slow, tardy.

a. Of persons, their characters, habits, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory

slowOE

tediousc1485

longsome1543

dilatorya1616

sliving1661

wanting1691

traa dy liooar1878

spare-

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish > specifically of persons or animals

slowc1300

sloth1412

sluggingc1430

sluggishc1450

sleuth1567

slowback1610

dilatorya1616

tardigradous1652

reluctant1797

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 363 Wit depends on dilatory time.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 89. ¶1 Women of Dilatory Tempers, who are for spinning out the Time of Courtship.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 19 Poor dilatory man.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 25 Aug. (1979) I. 512 The most dilatory of all people.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xix. 106 They are as prompt, as you are dilatory.

1884 D. Pae Eustace 38 You shall have no longer cause to think me dilatory.

b. Of actions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish

lateeOE

latredec897

latelyOE

slowfulc1400

latesomea1425

languoring?c1425

sluggedc1430

tardy1483

tediousc1485

hooly1513

longsome1543

lingeringa1547

tarde1547

slow-worm1548

tardious?1572

lagging1597

snail-slow1600

snail-paced1601

snail-like1639

languid1646

dilatory1648

sluggish1648

languishing1693

laggard1702

lentitudinous1801

laggardly1826

lag-last1862

slowpoke1872

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory > of actions

dilatory1648

1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xii. 64 Being press'd to give an account of such a Dilatory way of proceeding.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 144. ⁋11 But between dilatory payment and bankruptcy there is a great distance.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vi. v. 108 Cortéz was not content to wait patiently the effects of a dilatory blockade.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 386 His political advisers were impatient of these dilatory movements.

B. n. Law.

A means of procuring delay; a dilatory plea: see A. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea for sake of delay

dilator1473

prolong1488

dilatory plea1535

dilature1554

dilatory1570

interplea1631

horse-plea1796

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1505/1 Shifting of the matter by subtyll delatories, and friuolous cauilling about the law.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xii. 197 Delatories and shiftings off weare out many a iust cause, & begger many a poore man.

1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 16 You ought not to have helps to plead dilatories.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 302 Criminals of that sort..should defend upon plain truth, which they know best, without any dilatories, arts or evasions.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon at Dilatory Pleas No man shall be permitted to plead two dilatories at separate times.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dilatory
释义	dilatoryadj.¹n. /ˈdɪlətəri/ Forms: 1500s–1600s dilatorie, 1600s– dilatory, (1700s irregular dilitary). Also 1500s–1600s delatorie, (1500s delaterye, deletary), 1600s delatory. Etymology: < Latin dīlātōrius, < dīlātōr-em a delayer, agent-noun < differre , dīlāt- to defer v.¹, delay: see dilate v.¹ Compare French dilatoire (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). A. adj.¹ 1. a. Tending to cause delay; made for the purpose of gaining time or deferring decision or action. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] tarryingc1386 delayous1469 oversettingc1485 dilator1503 tarrysome1513 lingeringa1547 deferringc1565 delaying1576 dilatory1581 driving1585 protractive1596 tarrowinga1598 delayful1600 protracting1600 cunctative1617 suspensivea1623 remorala1625 Penelopeana1627 demurrant1633 remorating1638 retarding1654 tardative1666 temporizing1801 procrastinative1824 tomorrowing1824 procrastinatory1839 postponing1852 cunctatory1862 cunctatious1864 traa dy liooar1878 suspensory1884 off-putting1894 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xxi. 622 It was very Dilatorie for the Justices of Peace, to take those Wages, at the handes of the Shirife. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C3 From his delaterie dye-case. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 234 I abhorre This dilatory sloth, and trickes of Rome. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 28 Dilatory letters excusing themselves from coming thither. 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists v, in Wks. (1720) I. 202 I will..make no hesitation or dilatory scruple. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 178. ⁋4 By long deliberation and dilatory projects they may both be lost. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. iii. 80 The policy of England continued to be expectant and dilatory. b. Law. dilatory plea, a plea put in for the sake of delay. dilatory exception: see exception n. 4(a). dilatory defence (in Scots Law): see quot. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea for sake of delay dilator1473 prolong1488 dilatory plea1535 dilature1554 dilatory1570 interplea1631 horse-plea1796 1292 Britton ii. xvii. §1 Par excepciouns dilatories.] 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 14 §5 None essoin..or other dilatorie ple for the defendant shall be admitted. 1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) 21 They..do seeke for nothing more then to checke the course of iustice by their delatory pleas. 1678 Hickes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 49 At last all the dilatory exceptions being answered, the Jury was impanelled and the witnesses sworn. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 301 Dilatory pleas are such as tend merely to delay or put off the suit, by questioning the propriety of the remedy, rather than by denying the injury. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) Dilatory Defence is a plea offered by a defender for eliding the conclusions of the action, without entering on the merits of the cause. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 327 Those [exceptions] are dilatory that are available only for a time, such as that of an agreement not to sue say for five years. 2. Given to or characterized by delay; slow, tardy. a. Of persons, their characters, habits, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory slowOE tediousc1485 longsome1543 dilatorya1616 sliving1661 wanting1691 traa dy liooar1878 spare- the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish > specifically of persons or animals slowc1300 sloth1412 sluggingc1430 sluggishc1450 sleuth1567 slowback1610 dilatorya1616 tardigradous1652 reluctant1797 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 363 Wit depends on dilatory time. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 89. ¶1 Women of Dilatory Tempers, who are for spinning out the Time of Courtship. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 19 Poor dilatory man. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 25 Aug. (1979) I. 512 The most dilatory of all people. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xix. 106 They are as prompt, as you are dilatory. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 38 You shall have no longer cause to think me dilatory. b. Of actions. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish lateeOE latredec897 latelyOE slowfulc1400 latesomea1425 languoring?c1425 sluggedc1430 tardy1483 tediousc1485 hooly1513 longsome1543 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 slow-worm1548 tardious?1572 lagging1597 snail-slow1600 snail-paced1601 snail-like1639 languid1646 dilatory1648 sluggish1648 languishing1693 laggard1702 lentitudinous1801 laggardly1826 lag-last1862 slowpoke1872 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > slow to act or dilatory > of actions dilatory1648 1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xii. 64 Being press'd to give an account of such a Dilatory way of proceeding. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 144. ⁋11 But between dilatory payment and bankruptcy there is a great distance. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vi. v. 108 Cortéz was not content to wait patiently the effects of a dilatory blockade. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 386 His political advisers were impatient of these dilatory movements. B. n. Law. A means of procuring delay; a dilatory plea: see A. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea for sake of delay dilator1473 prolong1488 dilatory plea1535 dilature1554 dilatory1570 interplea1631 horse-plea1796 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1505/1 Shifting of the matter by subtyll delatories, and friuolous cauilling about the law. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xii. 197 Delatories and shiftings off weare out many a iust cause, & begger many a poore man. 1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 16 You ought not to have helps to plead dilatories. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 302 Criminals of that sort..should defend upon plain truth, which they know best, without any dilatories, arts or evasions. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon at Dilatory Pleas No man shall be permitted to plead two dilatories at separate times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † dilatoryadj.² Etymology: A bad formation for dilatatory, < dilate v.² Obsolete. rare. Used for dilating, dilative. ΚΠ 1693 Dr. Mullineux in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 822 The Chyrurgion..inserted his Dilatory Instrument. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.¹n.1535adj.²1693
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