tardyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈtɑːdi/, U.S.

/ˈtɑrdi/

Forms: α. Middle English tardyve, 1500s tardife. β. 1500s tardye, tardee, 1500s–1600s tardie, (1600s tar'de), 1500s– tardy.

Etymology: < French tardif, -ive (12th cent. in Littré) = Spanish tardio , Italian tardivo < popular Latin type *tardīvus , < tardus slow: see -ive suffix. In the β forms the ending -ive is reduced to -ie , -ye , -y : see -ive suffix, par. 3.

1. Slow: in various senses.

a. Slow in motion, action, or occurrence; making little progress in a comparatively long time; of slow nature, sluggish.

ΘΚΠ

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

α.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 23 b/2 We ought to gyue thankynges to the dyuyne dyspensacion, for the tardyue creaunce of holy faders to us necessarye.

?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce viii. 155 Trusting that..ye wil not be tardife in so good a worke.

1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 59 The chollerick man is commonly hasty and heedelesse..and the flegmatick more slowe and tardife.

β. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. i. 90 Some tardy cripple bore the countermaund. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 44 Say, is your tardie master now at hand? 1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day iii. 61 I Faint, my tardy Blood forgets to flow.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 169. ⁋1 Thus the firmest timber is of tardy growth.1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxviii To watch the gradual and tardy awakening of the intellect.

b. Not acting, coming, or happening until after the proper, expected, or desired time; late, behind-hand; delaying, or delayed; dilatory; sometimes, delaying through unwillingness, reluctant, ‘slow’ (to some action, or to do something).

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

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 853 On the ground Outstretcht he lay,..oft Curs'd his Creation, Death as oft accus'd Of tardie execution.

1742 R. West Ode in Let. 5 May in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 201 O join with mine thy tuneful lay, And invocate the tardy May.

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 14 See Nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried Merit raise the tardy Bust.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 387 Oh be our feet still tardy to shed blood.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 191 Then, at length, tardy justice was done to the memory of Oliver.

1908 Betw. Trent & Ancholme 47 When a girl used to think her admirer rather tardy in asking for the wedding-day.

c. Late for a meeting, assembly, class, school, or appointment. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late > late in arriving or overdue

latec1325

too-late1620

tardy1638

overdue1858

1638 in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 6 Such as did appeare thoughe tardie should be pardoned.

1843 Yale Lit. Mag. 8 240 We were ‘tardy’ at our matins.

1904 Minneapolis Times 29 May 6 Don't shoot your husband when he is two hours tardy for supper.

1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 4 July 21/4 During this time he had been neither absent nor tardy.

†2.

a. to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy: to overtake (? originally on account of slowness of advance); to surprise; to come upon unprepared or unawares; hence, to detect, ‘catch’ in a crime, fault, error, etc.: often merely synonymous with take v. 6a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > take by surprise

oppressa1382

susprisea1400

swikec1400

supprisec1405

catchc1425

to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523

to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy1530

to take tarde1547

to take (a person) short1553

to catch (also take) (a person) nappinga1576

preoccupate1582

surprise?1592

overcomea1616

to take (or catch)‥unawaresa1616

to take at a surprise1691

to catch (also take) on the hop1868

to catch (a person) bending1910

wrong-foot1957

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 554/1 at Forage As we went a foragynge the laste daye, we were almoste taken tardy of a bande of horse men.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 253 He tooke her tardie with a plaine lye.

1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 725 I haue taken him tardye alreadie in falsifying the scripture.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. i. 51 Be not tane tardie, by vnwise delaie.

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 390 So shal the comming of the sonne of man to iudgement, take the world tardie, and unprepared.

1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven 16 A Drunkard, (whom the cup did tardy catch).

1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 94 Who, being found tardy, said he was troubled with a Spirit.

1677 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 499 Pawbequenuck..being found tardy of inticeing the surrenderers to depart from the English..was sent to prison.

1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 306 To sing morning hymns..from which exercise this angel must not be taken tardy, much less be absent.

†b. elliptical for ‘taken tardy’: Detected in a fault, caught tripping. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > taken unawares

tardy1591

surprised1620

1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 150^v Adulterie, a grieuous euill,..yet David (the man of God) was tardie therein.

a1643 J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 118 Montanus, in whose heresie Tertullian (though else a good man) was tardie.

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xix. 358 A Negroe, who had been tardy with one of the King's Wives.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tardy,..also guilty, found tripping, or in a Fault.

3. quasi-adv. Behind time, late. to come tardy off, to fall short, to be done or carried out inadequately (obsolete or archaic: cf. to come off 5a(a) at come v. Phrasal verbs 1).

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

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xiii. 54 When Troy was ouer stoute,..and tardie lookt aboute.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. v. 15 Too swift arriues, as tardie as too slowe.

1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. vi. 23 He never..incurred the least Censure, as by Neglect of..Prayers, or coming Tardy to them.

a1836 Leverett Lexicon Lat.-Eng. Pref. In such a case, the work is better overdone than come tardy off.

Compounds

tardy-gaited, tardy-moving, tardy-rising adjs.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 20 The confident and ouer-lustie French, Doe..chide the creeple-tardy-gated Night, Who..doth limpe So tediously away.

1719 E. Young Busiris v. 63 How like the Dyal's tardy moving Shade!

1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 39 Thither crouds Each greedy wretch for tardy-rising wealth, Which comes too late.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† tardyv.

Etymology: < tardy adj.

Obsolete.

transitive. To make tardy; to delay, retard, keep back.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

forslowc888

eldc897

forsita940

gele971

lengOE

drilla1300

delayc1300

onfrestc1300

tarryc1320

jornc1330

dretchc1380

defer1382

forbida1387

to put offa1387

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393

dilate1399

fordrawa1400

to put overc1410

latch?c1422

adjournc1425

prolongc1425

proloynec1425

rejournc1425

to put in respite1428

sleuthc1430

respitea1450

prorogue1453

refer1466

sleep1470

supersede1482

respectc1487

postpone1496

overseta1500

respett1500

enjourna1513

relong1523

retract1524

tarde1524

track1524

to fode forth1525

tract1527

protract1528

further1529

to make stay of1530

surcease1530

prorogate1534

to fay upon longc1540

linger1543

retard?1543

slake1544

procrastine1548

reprieve1548

remit1550

suspense1556

leave1559

shiftc1562

suspend1566

procrastinate1569

dally1574

post1577

to hold off1580

drift1584

loiter1589

postpose1598

to take one's (own) timea1602

flag1602

slug1605

elong1610

belay1613

demur1613

tardya1616

to hang up1623

frist1637

disjourn1642

future1642

off1642

waive1653

superannuate1655

perendinate1656

stave1664

detard1675

remora1686

to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay

bestayc1330

tarry1340

delaya1393

to put aback1450

to pull backa1470

retard1490

tarde1524

retary1526

to throw back1562

forslow1570

backward1594

detain1600

to set back1600

slug1605

retardate1613

tardya1616

taigle?1635

backen1649

remore1652

remorate1657

to cast back1671

to hold up1887

to knock back1945

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 161 Which had been done, But that the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command.

1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood vi. ix. 153 So much tardied and neglected by the miserable estate and condition of France.

1972 W. H. Auden Epist. to Godson 10 We've had it, are in for a disaster that no four-letter words will tardy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	tardy
释义	tardyadj.adv. Brit. /ˈtɑːdi/, U.S. /ˈtɑrdi/ Forms: α. Middle English tardyve, 1500s tardife. β. 1500s tardye, tardee, 1500s–1600s tardie, (1600s tar'de), 1500s– tardy. Etymology: < French tardif, -ive (12th cent. in Littré) = Spanish tardio , Italian tardivo < popular Latin type tardīvus , < tardus* slow: see -ive suffix. In the β forms the ending -ive is reduced to -ie , -ye , -y : see -ive suffix, par. 3. 1. Slow: in various senses. a. Slow in motion, action, or occurrence; making little progress in a comparatively long time; of slow nature, sluggish. ΘΚΠ 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 α. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 23 b/2 We ought to gyue thankynges to the dyuyne dyspensacion, for the tardyue creaunce of holy faders to us necessarye. ?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce viii. 155 Trusting that..ye wil not be tardife in so good a worke. 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 59 The chollerick man is commonly hasty and heedelesse..and the flegmatick more slowe and tardife. β. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. i. 90 Some tardy cripple bore the countermaund. View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 44 Say, is your tardie master now at hand? View more context for this quotation1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day iii. 61 I Faint, my tardy Blood forgets to flow.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 169. ⁋1 Thus the firmest timber is of tardy growth.1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxviii To watch the gradual and tardy awakening of the intellect. b. Not acting, coming, or happening until after the proper, expected, or desired time; late, behind-hand; delaying, or delayed; dilatory; sometimes, delaying through unwillingness, reluctant, ‘slow’ (to some action, or to do something). 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 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 853 On the ground Outstretcht he lay,..oft Curs'd his Creation, Death as oft accus'd Of tardie execution. View more context for this quotation 1742 R. West Ode in Let. 5 May in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 201 O join with mine thy tuneful lay, And invocate the tardy May. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 14 See Nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried Merit raise the tardy Bust. a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 387 Oh be our feet still tardy to shed blood. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 191 Then, at length, tardy justice was done to the memory of Oliver. 1908 Betw. Trent & Ancholme 47 When a girl used to think her admirer rather tardy in asking for the wedding-day. c. Late for a meeting, assembly, class, school, or appointment. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late > late in arriving or overdue latec1325 too-late1620 tardy1638 overdue1858 1638 in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 6 Such as did appeare thoughe tardie should be pardoned. 1843 Yale Lit. Mag. 8 240 We were ‘tardy’ at our matins. 1904 Minneapolis Times 29 May 6 Don't shoot your husband when he is two hours tardy for supper. 1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 4 July 21/4 During this time he had been neither absent nor tardy. †2. a. to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy: to overtake (? originally on account of slowness of advance); to surprise; to come upon unprepared or unawares; hence, to detect, ‘catch’ in a crime, fault, error, etc.: often merely synonymous with take v. 6a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > take by surprise oppressa1382 susprisea1400 swikec1400 supprisec1405 catchc1425 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy1530 to take tarde1547 to take (a person) short1553 to catch (also take) (a person) nappinga1576 preoccupate1582 surprise?1592 overcomea1616 to take (or catch)‥unawaresa1616 to take at a surprise1691 to catch (also take) on the hop1868 to catch (a person) bending1910 wrong-foot1957 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 554/1 at Forage As we went a foragynge the laste daye, we were almoste taken tardy of a bande of horse men. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 253 He tooke her tardie with a plaine lye. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 725 I haue taken him tardye alreadie in falsifying the scripture. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. i. 51 Be not tane tardie, by vnwise delaie. View more context for this quotation 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 390 So shal the comming of the sonne of man to iudgement, take the world tardie, and unprepared. 1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven 16 A Drunkard, (whom the cup did tardy catch). 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 94 Who, being found tardy, said he was troubled with a Spirit. 1677 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 499 Pawbequenuck..being found tardy of inticeing the surrenderers to depart from the English..was sent to prison. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 306 To sing morning hymns..from which exercise this angel must not be taken tardy, much less be absent. †b. elliptical for ‘taken tardy’: Detected in a fault, caught tripping. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > taken unawares tardy1591 surprised1620 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 150^v Adulterie, a grieuous euill,..yet David (the man of God) was tardie therein. a1643 J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 118 Montanus, in whose heresie Tertullian (though else a good man) was tardie. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xix. 358 A Negroe, who had been tardy with one of the King's Wives. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tardy,..also guilty, found tripping, or in a Fault. 3. quasi-adv. Behind time, late. to come tardy off, to fall short, to be done or carried out inadequately (obsolete or archaic: cf. to come off 5a(a) at come v. Phrasal verbs 1). 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 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xiii. 54 When Troy was ouer stoute,..and tardie lookt aboute. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. v. 15 Too swift arriues, as tardie as too slowe. View more context for this quotation 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. vi. 23 He never..incurred the least Censure, as by Neglect of..Prayers, or coming Tardy to them. a1836 Leverett Lexicon Lat.-Eng. Pref. In such a case, the work is better overdone than come tardy off. Compounds tardy-gaited, tardy-moving, tardy-rising adjs. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 20 The confident and ouer-lustie French, Doe..chide the creeple-tardy-gated Night, Who..doth limpe So tediously away. View more context for this quotation 1719 E. Young Busiris v. 63 How like the Dyal's tardy moving Shade! 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 39 Thither crouds Each greedy wretch for tardy-rising wealth, Which comes too late. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † tardyv. Etymology: < tardy adj. Obsolete. transitive. To make tardy; to delay, retard, keep back. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay bestayc1330 tarry1340 delaya1393 to put aback1450 to pull backa1470 retard1490 tarde1524 retary1526 to throw back1562 forslow1570 backward1594 detain1600 to set back1600 slug1605 retardate1613 tardya1616 taigle?1635 backen1649 remore1652 remorate1657 to cast back1671 to hold up1887 to knock back1945 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 161 Which had been done, But that the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command. View more context for this quotation 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood vi. ix. 153 So much tardied and neglected by the miserable estate and condition of France. 1972 W. H. Auden Epist. to Godson 10 We've had it, are in for a disaster that no four-letter words will tardy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.adv.1483v.a1616
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