单词 | overlate |
释义 | overlateadj. Excessively late; too late. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late lateOE latefulc1384 tediousc1485 overlate1574 tarde1609 tardy1667 belated1670 sero1682 late in the day1689 slack1694 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 14 But this ouerlate repentance shall nothing auayle them. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 4530 It is ouir lait to juke quhen that [etc.]. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. v How manly he could bite-in his secret want; and dissemble his over-late repentance. 1658 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1948) II. 1069 For his overlait vpsitting. ?1750 in A. Pennecuik Compl. Coll. Poems i. 11 Now 'tis e'en o'er late, I think, Besides, I've got nine Draps of Drink: I'm fitter for to take a Wink of Sleep. a1801 R. Gall Poems & Songs (1819) 37 Ye're aye sae self-conceited, A gude advice ye scorn an' hate it, Till ance ye find it is o'er late, An' then, forsooth, ye're glad to hae't. 1868 E. H. Plumptre tr. Æschylus Agamemnon in tr. Æschylus Trag. II. 50 Mine eyes suffer from o'er late repose, Watching with tears the beacons set for thee, Too long untended. 1935 C. Atlee in Time 4 Nov. in Jrnl. Negro Hist. (1937) 22 187 Overlate to stop a war, the Government ranged itself at the eleventh hour behind the Covenant at Geneva. 1958 T. M. Stanwell-Fletcher Clear Lands 245 The diminishing supply of native animals..despite overlate measures of restocking and conservation. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. 15/1 The suburbanite who arrives on an overlate flight at, say, 3 A.M. can be in substantial difficulty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overlateadv. At too late a time; at or till an excessively late hour. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > late or too late lateOE behindc1330 overlatea1400 lately?1440 arrear1477 behindhandc1550 tarde1557 lateward1572 tardy1586 too-late1620 out of time1760 tardily1821 not before time1837 postponedly1851 about time1856 belatedly1896 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 4286 Why haþ þe prest swych hy?.. Hym dar nat syng ȝyt ouer late. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 3455 And comes overlate tyl Goddes servise. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 68 (MED) Y haue leefer to araie my bokeler bifore þe strook come, þan leue such a bokeler vnaraied, or purueie for it ouer late aftir þat þe strook is smyten. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiii. 193 b Iudas ouerlate repenting him of his facte, honge himselfe. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 166v Too late she found that she had been too light: And ouerlate bewaild that she forwent the worthy knight. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 77 Nor can it be said to have been accomplished over late. 1835 R. M. Bird Infidel xvii. 192 It comes over late though, and I know not what good can spring of it, at this hour. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids vii. 597 And over~late the Gods thou shalt adore. 1897 Harper's Mag. July 292/2 It used often to alarm Mabel and him when they sat overlate in the library at night and the old man pounded on the floor of his room above. 1902 W. Carleton Songs of two Cents. 153 Yes, tomorrow comes the ‘pardon’; but 'twill enter over-late. 1962 B. S. Silberman Japanese Char. & Culture 332 Politeness..covers, as Americans overlate learned,..inhibited but still present aggression. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1574adv.a1400 |
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