† latredeadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Slow, tardy.
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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
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xx. 148 Oft mon bið swiðe wandigende æt ælcum weorce & swiðe lætræde.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋644 Whan a man is so latrede [v.rr. laterede, latred, lattred] or tarying er he wil torne to god.
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