单词 | latesome |
释义 | latesomeadj.adv. Now rare. (Chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (Lincolnshire) in later use). A. adj. Late; backward; slow, sluggish.In quots. lOE, c1613: (of a year or of weather) unseasonably late as regards the production of crops. In quot. c1429: (apparently) hard to find, scarce. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late > slow in developing or backward latesomelOE lateward1538 late1577 latewardly1580 latterward1582 serotine1598 backward1600 serotinous1656 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] lateeOE slackc1000 slowc1225 heavya1400 lent14.. slowfulc1400 sloth1412 latesomea1425 sluggedc1430 sluggingc1430 tardy1483 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 sleuth1567 snailish1581 slow-moving1592 lagging1597 snail-paced1597 snail-slow1600 slow-pacing1616 snail-like1639 sluggish1640 ignave1657 languishing1693 slow-stepping1793 lentitudinous1801 somnolent1812 slow-coachish1844 tardigradous1866 vermigrade1938 slow-cooking1968 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 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1089 Wæs swiðe lætsum gear on corne & on ælces cynnes wæstmum. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. iv. 11 I am of more latsom & of more slow tonge. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 793 (MED) He es swyft to spek..And latsom and slaw for to here. c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 1154 And broght hym preciouse giftes and latsomest to fynd. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 53 (MED) He is..slow & latsum in meuynge; he is slepeful & ful of spotil; he is fatt of body and dulle of wittis. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 21 Whether is so latesum in this cuntrey, that men can neither well gett corne nor hay. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. iv. 10) 13 Slow of speech. Of a letsom deliverie, word-bound. 1712 Ld. Fountainhall Decisions (1761) II. 705 For a long time before his death he was turned hard of hearing, and somewhat slow and letsome in his tongue. 1869 Judy 21 Apr. 267/2 Three men sat up at a latesome hour. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 154/1 I mun be gooin' or it'll be latesome afore I get hoam. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 201/1 Latesome, rather late. Late. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > [adverb] > late or till late in the day or night lateOE forth in with evena1300 latesome1843 1843 E. Sloane in Whistle-Binkie 5th Ser. 80 We've dander'd baith latesome and early. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] slacknessc1000 hoolinessa1340 latesomeness1357 slothc1380 lateshipc1390 slownessa1398 lateliness?c1400 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 tardityc1450 lenta1500 ignavy1543 retardance1550 lingering1570 tardiness1608 lentitude1623 languidness1634 tediousness1691 lentora1763 slow-coaching1837 snailishness1905 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness latesomeness1357 lateness1564 tardity1599 belatedness1631 tardiness1752 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness hoolinessa1340 latesomeness1357 slothc1380 lateshipc1390 lateliness?c1400 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 tardityc1450 ignavy1543 tardiness1608 lentitude1623 languidness1634 tediousness1691 lentora1763 tarditude1794 laggardness1869 J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 528 Of this syn [sc. slauthe] comes..latsumnesse or lite to draw opon lenthe Any gode dede that we sal do. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxiii. §3. 87 Wha is sett here for latsumnes. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiii. 54) Be it but..the letsomness of his delivery,..it is enough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.lOE |
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