timeousadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪməs/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪməs/, Scottish English /ˈtɪmiəs/,

/ˈtʌiməs/, Irish English

/ˈtaɪməs/, South African English

/ˈtaɪməs/,

/ˈtaɪmiəs/, East African English

/ˈtaimias/, West African English

/ˈtaimiɔs/

Forms: 1600s– timous, 1700s– timeous; Scottish pre-1700 timouse, pre-1700 timows, pre-1700 timowse, pre-1700 tymeus, pre-1700 tymmos, pre-1700 tymos, pre-1700 tymose, pre-1700 tymouis, pre-1700 tymous, pre-1700 tymouse, pre-1700 tymus, pre-1700 1700s– timeous, pre-1700 1700s– timous; also Irish English (northern) 1800s timus.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < time n. + -ous suffix, perhaps after wrongous adj. and righteous adj. (compare forms at that entry). Compare earlier timeously adv..

Originally Scottish. Now chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern), South African, East African, and West African.

A. adj.

1. Done or occurring sufficiently early or in good time; prompt; (Law) done before a fixed time limit has expired. Cf. timely adj. 1c.

ΚΠ

1482 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) II. 246 I sall nother..see harme..bot I sall mak hyme tymous warnyng tharof.

1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 292 Upoun lauchfull and tymous warning.

1590 W. Welwood Sea-law of Scotl. Ep. Ded. sig. 2^v The mighty God to blesse your M. with a tymous effectuating of that maist lowabil propose, quhilke he hes put into your Maiesties hart.

1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 319 It cannot be a lawfull Assemblie when there is not lawfull and tymous intimation and premonition made.

1687 Royal Proclam. 12 Feb. in London Gaz. No. 2221/5 We do hereby Command, Our Lyon King at Arms,..to make timeous Proclamation thereof at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh.

a1751 F. Carmichael Serm. Several Important Subj. (1753) vi. 198 Does death always come on by slow and gradual steps, and give us timeous warning of his approach?

1793 B. Bell Treat. Gonorrhœa Virulenta II. ii. iv. 67 From this cause alone ulcers are sometimes allowed to spread, where it might easily have been prevented by a timeous use of mercury.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘See that ye keep timeous hours;’ i.e. that ye be not too late.

1871 Farmer's Mag. 39 490/1 The young men were not so quiet and peaceable, and they did not keep so timeous hours as they used to do.

1894 J. Morison Austral. as it Is viii. 196 The buildings would have been all in a flame in a short time had it not been for the timeous discovery.

1910 Highland Railw. Time-table July Stops to take up for East of Aviemore [sc. Inverness] on timeous notice being given to the Station Master.

1948 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Mar. 48/2 We should ask for the timeous publication of the B.M.A. Council's plan of action..if further negotiations..break down.

1989 Dictionaries 11 243 Timeous (as in ‘to give timeous notice of one's resignation’)..[is] still current in South African English.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 358/2 Timeous, timely, in good time.

1999 Jrnl. Afr. Law 43 178 The applicant's attorney had been unable to make timeous service.

2007 Daily Disp. (E. London, S. Afr.) 23 Apr. 16/2 (advt.) Early warning and timeous corrective action.

†2. Scottish. Early. Cf. timely adj. 1b.

a. Of fruit: appearing early in the season. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. James. v. 7 Pacientlie suffring, till he resaue tymouse and laatsum fruit.

b. Of a person: rising and becoming active early in the morning. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. C3^v Euerie tymous artisan In buith worke busilie.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 324 Sayand..that thai sould haue goode huntting on the morne and bad him be tymmos.

1633 W. Struther True Happines ix. 140 In seeking happinesse, we would be tymous in the morning of our age.

3. Well-timed, opportune; = timely adj. 1a.Now often overlapping with sense A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adjective]

timelyOE

tidefula1300

tidya1375

duea1387

timefula1400

seasonablec1412

convenient1415

opportunec1425

seasonedc1440

tempestivous1574

timed1592

ripe1595

well-timed1604

opportuneful1605

mature1608

advantageous1609

opportunous1609

punctual1611

tempestive1611

timeousa1626

time-serving1627

timed1656

tidive?17..

a1626 F. Bacon Advice to G. Villiers in Wks. (1861) XIII. 46 By a wise and timous inquisition, the peccant humours and humourists may be discovered, purged, or cut off.

a1658 J. Durham Clavis Cantici (1668) 131 He is timous and seasonable in fulfilling his purposes.

1729 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 451 I fear his writings do a world of mischief, without a timeous antidote.

1752 Scots Mag. Nov. 529/1 I..do from my heart pray, that God may pardon them, and bring them to a timeous repentance.

1849 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers (ed. 2) 96 His retreat was timeous, for General Mackay..had despatched a strong force..to make him prisoner.

1884 Athenæum 1 Mar. 271/1 The book [sc. R. McCormick's ‘Voyages’] is timeous.

1933 C. MacKenzie Lit. in My Time xvi. 140 It was not even a good poem. It possessed, however, one quality which many good poems have lacked. It was timeous.

1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. (Mag. section) 2/9 I think it is timeous for people to gather something of Herman's extraordinary, complex personality.

1998 Stornoway Gaz. 31 Dec. 8/2 Is it not now possible, and timeous, in tune with that old and vibrant aspiration now articulated by the Comhairle, to grasp it and make it to materialise?

4. Temporal, as opposed to eternal. Cf. timely adj. 2. rare.

ΚΠ

1855 P. J. Bailey Spiritual Legend in Mystic 103 Duration, timeous and æterne, and space.

1907 J. Brierley Our City of God i. xi. 110 The body was of the earth earthy, and of the time timeous and transient.

†5. Scottish. That moves in time with a rhythm. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1884 D. Grant Lays & Legends of North 112 Never yet to mortal measures Raise and fell sic timous feet.

†B. adv.

Scottish and Irish English (northern). = early adv. 1. Cf. timeously adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]

earlyOE

orOE

ereOE

amornOE

amorrowc1275

rathec1275

betimea1300

morningc1325

of (also in, on) morningsc1395

a-morninga1400

a-morningsc1400

betimes1481

morningly1560

in the morning1562

ante meridiem1563

timeous1566

rare1574

in a morning1591

rearly1596

timeouslyc1600

mornly1605

a.m.1651

rear1714

antemeridian1770

bright and early1805

matutinely1833

matutinally1897

ack emma1918

1566 in J. Anderson Coll. Mary Queen of Scotl. (1727) II. 272 Bothwell this 24th day was found werray tymus weseing the kingis ludging.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 135 Tymose in the morning he departit of the toun.

1632 in H. Rose & L. Shaw Geneal. Deduction Family Rose of Kilravock (1848) 319 Meit me..on Thurisday at nycht, or tymus on Friday.

c1680 J. Russell Acct. Murder Abp. Sharp in J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) App. 430 Timous in the morning they went to their prayers.

1745 J. Maclean Jrnl. 15 Aug. in I. G. Brown & H. Cheape Witness to Rebellion (1996) 21 And the 15th I went off Pretty timous and went Down through the Strath of Ranich to the Bridge of Keinichan.

1790 D. Morison Poems 17 Right timeous ye've been i' the fair.

1892 Ballymena Observer (E.D.D.) A'll be up gye an' timus in the mornin'.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	timeous
释义	timeousadj.adv. Brit. /ˈtʌɪməs/, U.S. /ˈtaɪməs/, Scottish English /ˈtɪmiəs/, /ˈtʌiməs/, Irish English /ˈtaɪməs/, South African English /ˈtaɪməs/, /ˈtaɪmiəs/, East African English /ˈtaimias/, West African English /ˈtaimiɔs/ Forms: 1600s– timous, 1700s– timeous; Scottish pre-1700 timouse, pre-1700 timows, pre-1700 timowse, pre-1700 tymeus, pre-1700 tymmos, pre-1700 tymos, pre-1700 tymose, pre-1700 tymouis, pre-1700 tymous, pre-1700 tymouse, pre-1700 tymus, pre-1700 1700s– timeous, pre-1700 1700s– timous; also Irish English (northern) 1800s timus. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < time n. + -ous suffix, perhaps after wrongous adj. and righteous adj. (compare forms at that entry). Compare earlier timeously adv.. Originally Scottish. Now chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern), South African, East African, and West African. A. adj. 1. Done or occurring sufficiently early or in good time; prompt; (Law) done before a fixed time limit has expired. Cf. timely adj. 1c. ΚΠ 1482 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) II. 246 I sall nother..see harme..bot I sall mak hyme tymous warnyng tharof. 1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 292 Upoun lauchfull and tymous warning. 1590 W. Welwood Sea-law of Scotl. Ep. Ded. sig. 2^v The mighty God to blesse your M. with a tymous effectuating of that maist lowabil propose, quhilke he hes put into your Maiesties hart. 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 319 It cannot be a lawfull Assemblie when there is not lawfull and tymous intimation and premonition made. 1687 Royal Proclam. 12 Feb. in London Gaz. No. 2221/5 We do hereby Command, Our Lyon King at Arms,..to make timeous Proclamation thereof at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh. a1751 F. Carmichael Serm. Several Important Subj. (1753) vi. 198 Does death always come on by slow and gradual steps, and give us timeous warning of his approach? 1793 B. Bell Treat. Gonorrhœa Virulenta II. ii. iv. 67 From this cause alone ulcers are sometimes allowed to spread, where it might easily have been prevented by a timeous use of mercury. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘See that ye keep timeous hours;’ i.e. that ye be not too late. 1871 Farmer's Mag. 39 490/1 The young men were not so quiet and peaceable, and they did not keep so timeous hours as they used to do. 1894 J. Morison Austral. as it Is viii. 196 The buildings would have been all in a flame in a short time had it not been for the timeous discovery. 1910 Highland Railw. Time-table July Stops to take up for East of Aviemore [sc. Inverness] on timeous notice being given to the Station Master. 1948 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Mar. 48/2 We should ask for the timeous publication of the B.M.A. Council's plan of action..if further negotiations..break down. 1989 Dictionaries 11 243 Timeous (as in ‘to give timeous notice of one's resignation’)..[is] still current in South African English. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 358/2 Timeous, timely, in good time. 1999 Jrnl. Afr. Law 43 178 The applicant's attorney had been unable to make timeous service. 2007 Daily Disp. (E. London, S. Afr.) 23 Apr. 16/2 (advt.) Early warning and timeous corrective action. †2. Scottish. Early. Cf. timely adj. 1b. a. Of fruit: appearing early in the season. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. James. v. 7 Pacientlie suffring, till he resaue tymouse and laatsum fruit. b. Of a person: rising and becoming active early in the morning. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. C3^v Euerie tymous artisan In buith worke busilie. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 324 Sayand..that thai sould haue goode huntting on the morne and bad him be tymmos. 1633 W. Struther True Happines ix. 140 In seeking happinesse, we would be tymous in the morning of our age. 3. Well-timed, opportune; = timely adj. 1a.Now often overlapping with sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adjective] timelyOE tidefula1300 tidya1375 duea1387 timefula1400 seasonablec1412 convenient1415 opportunec1425 seasonedc1440 tempestivous1574 timed1592 ripe1595 well-timed1604 opportuneful1605 mature1608 advantageous1609 opportunous1609 punctual1611 tempestive1611 timeousa1626 time-serving1627 timed1656 tidive?17.. a1626 F. Bacon Advice to G. Villiers in Wks. (1861) XIII. 46 By a wise and timous inquisition, the peccant humours and humourists may be discovered, purged, or cut off. a1658 J. Durham Clavis Cantici (1668) 131 He is timous and seasonable in fulfilling his purposes. 1729 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 451 I fear his writings do a world of mischief, without a timeous antidote. 1752 Scots Mag. Nov. 529/1 I..do from my heart pray, that God may pardon them, and bring them to a timeous repentance. 1849 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers (ed. 2) 96 His retreat was timeous, for General Mackay..had despatched a strong force..to make him prisoner. 1884 Athenæum 1 Mar. 271/1 The book [sc. R. McCormick's ‘Voyages’] is timeous. 1933 C. MacKenzie Lit. in My Time xvi. 140 It was not even a good poem. It possessed, however, one quality which many good poems have lacked. It was timeous. 1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. (Mag. section) 2/9 I think it is timeous for people to gather something of Herman's extraordinary, complex personality. 1998 Stornoway Gaz. 31 Dec. 8/2 Is it not now possible, and timeous, in tune with that old and vibrant aspiration now articulated by the Comhairle, to grasp it and make it to materialise? 4. Temporal, as opposed to eternal. Cf. timely adj. 2. rare. ΚΠ 1855 P. J. Bailey Spiritual Legend in Mystic 103 Duration, timeous and æterne, and space. 1907 J. Brierley Our City of God i. xi. 110 The body was of the earth earthy, and of the time timeous and transient. †5. Scottish. That moves in time with a rhythm. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1884 D. Grant Lays & Legends of North 112 Never yet to mortal measures Raise and fell sic timous feet. †B. adv. Scottish and Irish English (northern). = early adv. 1. Cf. timeously adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb] earlyOE orOE ereOE amornOE amorrowc1275 rathec1275 betimea1300 morningc1325 of (also in, on) morningsc1395 a-morninga1400 a-morningsc1400 betimes1481 morningly1560 in the morning1562 ante meridiem1563 timeous1566 rare1574 in a morning1591 rearly1596 timeouslyc1600 mornly1605 a.m.1651 rear1714 antemeridian1770 bright and early1805 matutinely1833 matutinally1897 ack emma1918 1566 in J. Anderson Coll. Mary Queen of Scotl. (1727) II. 272 Bothwell this 24th day was found werray tymus weseing the kingis ludging. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 135 Tymose in the morning he departit of the toun. 1632 in H. Rose & L. Shaw Geneal. Deduction Family Rose of Kilravock (1848) 319 Meit me..on Thurisday at nycht, or tymus on Friday. c1680 J. Russell Acct. Murder Abp. Sharp in J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) App. 430 Timous in the morning they went to their prayers. 1745 J. Maclean Jrnl. 15 Aug. in I. G. Brown & H. Cheape Witness to Rebellion (1996) 21 And the 15th I went off Pretty timous and went Down through the Strath of Ranich to the Bridge of Keinichan. 1790 D. Morison Poems 17 Right timeous ye've been i' the fair. 1892 Ballymena Observer (E.D.D.) A'll be up gye an' timus in the mornin'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.1482
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