单词 | tomorrower |
释义 | > as lemmastoˈmorrower toˈmorrower n. rare a person who puts matters off till tomorrow; a procrastinator.In quot. 2016 a conscious borrowing of Coleridge's description of De Quincey in quot. 1810. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays tarrier1382 delayer1509 postponer1533 prolonger1548 proroguer1551 deferrer1552 waiter upon God1592 procrastinator1607 temporizer1609 protracter1611 protractor1611 retarder1644 cunctator1654 adjourner1738 postponator1775 putter-off1803 tomorrower1810 offput1856 shelver1881 staller1937 1810 S. T. Coleridge Let. c14 Apr. (2000) III. 804 He [sc. Thomas De Quincey] is as great a To-morrower to the full as your poor Husband. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. vi. 96 The Postponer, The Deferrer, or, as we might say, The Tomorrower. 2016 F. Wilson Guilty Thing xi. 219 The great tomorrower married Margaret Simpson in Grasmere church on 15 February 1817. < as lemmas |
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