untimelyadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪmli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈtaɪmli/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare Middle Danish utimelig of weather, etc.

1. Coming before the proper or natural time; premature:

a. Of fruit. Also, not fully or properly ripened; immature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > unripe or over-ripe

unripec1275

semi-maturec1440

unripedc1500

untimely1535

unripened1561

overripened1594

immature1599

maum1691

under-ripe1707

overripe1769

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > [adjective] > early ripening

hasty1338

untimely1535

hasting1578

horary1620

hastive1724

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxviii. A It shal happen vnto him, as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxxiii. 209 That y^e vntimely figges fal downe in great plentie.

1568 Bible (Bishops') Rev. vi. 13 Euen as a figge tree casteth her vntimely figges.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like..the plucking of untimely fruit.

1825 A. L. Barbauld Praise to God vi Should the fig-tree's blasted shoot Drop her green untimely fruit.

b. Of birth(s).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > untimely or out of due time

untimely1538

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Abortus, an vntymely byrthe.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiv. xxx. 921 The causes of abortion or untimely birth, whereof the child is called an abortive, are many.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §151 Monsters, untimely births, fruits blasted in the blossom.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Abortment An untimely birth.

c. Of death, fate, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > early or premature > of death

unripeOE

untimely1548

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Praematura mors, vntymely death.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. ii. sig. B3^v Th' vntimely fate of that too-beauteous boy.

1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Gg7 Some saie, the King repentant for this deede,..Offered his teares on my vntimely graue.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 167 The bodies of children, gotten by diseased parents, are subject..to untimely death.

1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 154. ⁋5 Souls of Infants..snatched away by untimely Ends.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 322 A life of pleasure or virtue,..of indolence or glory, alike led to an untimely grave.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 294 Their guide pointed with solemn air to the untimely bier of Athelstane.

1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. vii. 497 Heaven..bringing them all to an untimely and miserable end.

d. In other contexts.

ΚΠ

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Praecox Vntimely laughter & that happeneth very soone, as before the childe is fortie dayes olde.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lviii. 26 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 62 O lett their brood..of springing thornes, Be by vntymely rooting ouerthrowne.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 157 Few of them attending patiently the death of their Predecessours, but by impious meanes labour their vntimely establishment.

1746 G. Berkeley Second Let. Tar-water §9 Unhappy drinkers..bringing on the untimely symptoms of old age.

e. Perishing before due time. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > dying prematurely

untimely1606

tender-dyinga1616

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 77 Some, thrill'd with..shafts, through hundred holes Shall ghastly gaspe-out our vntimely soules.

2. Unseasonable (in respect of the time of year).

a. Of frost, blight, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > for time of year

out-of-season1574

untimely1576

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas 455 So those imps..Are..nipt, with such untimely frosts.

1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 238 O that so faire a flower so soone should fade, And through vntimely tempest fall away.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 7 If brush'd from Russian Wilds a cutting Gale Rise not, and..breathe Untimely Frost.

1751 W. Whitehead Hymn to Nymph 46 Life's latter fruits..at last fall off Shook by no boist'rous, or untimely blasts.

1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. v. 35 [It] may..suffer an untimely blight.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. ii. 98 The harvests in England By untimely rains or untimelier heat have been blighted.

1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxiv. 107 I have read of those who sowed in tears, and whose harvest..perished by untimely blight.

b. In other contexts.

ΚΠ

1593 M. Drayton Idea iv. sig. E O dismall day,..O stormy winter.., O most vntimely and eclipsed morrow.

1627 Abp. G. Abbot in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 448 It is an unseasonable time to brew now, and as untimely to cut Wood.

1712 Spectator No. 404. ⁋3 By the Assistance of Art and an hot Bed, we may possibly extort an unwilling Plant, or an untimely Sallad.

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 40 They were cutting aftermath,..which gave the neighbourhood..an untimely smell of hay.

a. Unseasonable, ill-timed, inopportune.

ΘΚΠ

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

untimec1000

untidya1225

untimesa1300

out of season1377

undue1398

out of time1483

untimeousa1500

importunate1529

inopportune1533

importunea1535

unconvenable1542

intempestive1548

unseasonable1561

untimeable1570

out-of-season1574

untimely1581

unseasoned1589

baldc1590

timeless1590

melancounterous?1602

untimelessa1607

unopportune1653

mistimelyc1680

mistimed1687

ill-timed1692

ill-seasoned1843

unchancy1860

intempestuous1885

unseasonal1935

1581 J. Fielde (title) A Caveat for Parsons Hovvlet, concerning his vntimely flighte, and scriching in the cleare day lighte of the Gospell.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y5^v So vntimely breach The Prince him selfe halfe seemed to offend.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 53 The vnequall and vntimely interchange of pressing power.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 4 Many dangers attending the vnskilfull or vntimely vse thereof.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F4^v Men's overeager and untimely persuits of several desirable things.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 240 [It is] wise and just in general; but often..untimely; that is, too late.

1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. vi. 370 Eugenia felt so much hurt by this untimely sight, that..she bent her eyes another way.

1830 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) I. 234 All untimely question Ruffles the temper.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 328 The cause of all this untimely activity.

b. Of hours: Unusually late (or early).

ΘΚΠ

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

unseasonablea1616

untimeous1728

untimely1827

1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xii. 286 There are many who are still unwilling, at untimely hours, to pass the oak tree.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

untimelyadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪmli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈtaɪmli/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 5. Compare Middle Swedish otimelika in sense 1.

1. At an unsuitable or improper time; unseasonably, inopportunely.Not in common use before the end of the 16th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb]

in (earlier on) untimec897

untimelyc1200

out of timea1325

in unseasona1400

importunelyc1425

in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490

importunatelya1492

at ungaina1500

untimeously1513

intempestively1548

out of season1548

timeless1586

unseasonably1586

inopportunely1609

unseasonablea1634

unopportunely1651

timelessly1673

unseasonally1941

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 Swilche oðre [sins]..alse ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse.

1382 J. Wyclif Psalms civ. 28 He sente dercnessis, and made derc; and vntymely he fullfilde not [L. non exacerbavit] his woordis.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Q4 Now is the time, that I vntimely must Thereof make tryall, in my greatest need. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E4 Thus my tale is donne, We haue vntimly lost, and they haue woone. 1618 S. Rowlands Night-raven (1620) D 2 b I behold abuses..By such as doe vntimely haunt the street.1667 K. Philips Poems 111 He only dies untimely who dies late.1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iii. ii If I not press untimely on his leisure, You would [etc.].1743 W. Whitehead Epist. Ann Boleyn 74 I fell untimely, and lament my Fall.1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 295 To avenge the deed expelling Thee untimely from thy dwelling.1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 851/2 The moment for this controversy was very untimely chosen by the Pope.

2. Before the proper or natural time; prematurely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > early, too early, or prematurely

ratheOE

oversoona1400

overtimelya1400

untimeously1513

before his (also her, etc.) time1545

abortively1552

immaturely1572

untimelya1586

forwardlya1641

prematurely1641

premature1754

ahead of oneself1854

over-early1856

beforetimes1885

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Nn8 O sweet youth..how vntimely subiect it is to deuotion?

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iv. 46 I haue inserted the same (although vntimely) in this place, which otherwise I would haue reserued to some other.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 36 When that Blessed King was untimely taken away.

1722 A. Pope To Earl of Oxford in T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions Ded. sig. A2 'Till Death untimely stop'd his tuneful Tongue.

1766 Museum Rusticum 6 74 Trees..untimely taken off, before they arrive at any valuable maturity.

1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. ii. 17 Legs bowed from having been made untimely to bear the weight of the swollen body.

1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence i. 64 Melancthon..prolonged the conference, only lest he should seem to break it off untimely.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	untimely
释义	untimelyadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪmli/, U.S. /ˌənˈtaɪmli/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare Middle Danish utimelig of weather, etc. 1. Coming before the proper or natural time; premature: a. Of fruit. Also, not fully or properly ripened; immature. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > unripe or over-ripe unripec1275 semi-maturec1440 unripedc1500 untimely1535 unripened1561 overripened1594 immature1599 maum1691 under-ripe1707 overripe1769 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > [adjective] > early ripening hasty1338 untimely1535 hasting1578 horary1620 hastive1724 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxviii. A It shal happen vnto him, as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxxiii. 209 That y^e vntimely figges fal downe in great plentie. 1568 Bible (Bishops') Rev. vi. 13 Euen as a figge tree casteth her vntimely figges. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like..the plucking of untimely fruit. 1825 A. L. Barbauld Praise to God vi Should the fig-tree's blasted shoot Drop her green untimely fruit. b. Of birth(s). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > untimely or out of due time untimely1538 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Abortus, an vntymely byrthe. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiv. xxx. 921 The causes of abortion or untimely birth, whereof the child is called an abortive, are many. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §151 Monsters, untimely births, fruits blasted in the blossom. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Abortment An untimely birth. c. Of death, fate, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > early or premature > of death unripeOE untimely1548 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Praematura mors, vntymely death. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. ii. sig. B3^v Th' vntimely fate of that too-beauteous boy. View more context for this quotation 1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Gg7 Some saie, the King repentant for this deede,..Offered his teares on my vntimely graue. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 167 The bodies of children, gotten by diseased parents, are subject..to untimely death. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 154. ⁋5 Souls of Infants..snatched away by untimely Ends. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 322 A life of pleasure or virtue,..of indolence or glory, alike led to an untimely grave. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 294 Their guide pointed with solemn air to the untimely bier of Athelstane. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. vii. 497 Heaven..bringing them all to an untimely and miserable end. d. In other contexts. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Praecox Vntimely laughter & that happeneth very soone, as before the childe is fortie dayes olde. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lviii. 26 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 62 O lett their brood..of springing thornes, Be by vntymely rooting ouerthrowne. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 157 Few of them attending patiently the death of their Predecessours, but by impious meanes labour their vntimely establishment. 1746 G. Berkeley Second Let. Tar-water §9 Unhappy drinkers..bringing on the untimely symptoms of old age. e. Perishing before due time. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > dying prematurely untimely1606 tender-dyinga1616 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 77 Some, thrill'd with..shafts, through hundred holes Shall ghastly gaspe-out our vntimely soules. 2. Unseasonable (in respect of the time of year). a. Of frost, blight, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > for time of year out-of-season1574 untimely1576 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas 455 So those imps..Are..nipt, with such untimely frosts. 1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 238 O that so faire a flower so soone should fade, And through vntimely tempest fall away. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 7 If brush'd from Russian Wilds a cutting Gale Rise not, and..breathe Untimely Frost. 1751 W. Whitehead Hymn to Nymph 46 Life's latter fruits..at last fall off Shook by no boist'rous, or untimely blasts. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. v. 35 [It] may..suffer an untimely blight. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. ii. 98 The harvests in England By untimely rains or untimelier heat have been blighted. 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxiv. 107 I have read of those who sowed in tears, and whose harvest..perished by untimely blight. b. In other contexts. ΚΠ 1593 M. Drayton Idea iv. sig. E O dismall day,..O stormy winter.., O most vntimely and eclipsed morrow. 1627 Abp. G. Abbot in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 448 It is an unseasonable time to brew now, and as untimely to cut Wood. 1712 Spectator No. 404. ⁋3 By the Assistance of Art and an hot Bed, we may possibly extort an unwilling Plant, or an untimely Sallad. 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 40 They were cutting aftermath,..which gave the neighbourhood..an untimely smell of hay. 3. a. Unseasonable, ill-timed, inopportune. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] untimec1000 untidya1225 untimesa1300 out of season1377 undue1398 out of time1483 untimeousa1500 importunate1529 inopportune1533 importunea1535 unconvenable1542 intempestive1548 unseasonable1561 untimeable1570 out-of-season1574 untimely1581 unseasoned1589 baldc1590 timeless1590 melancounterous?1602 untimelessa1607 unopportune1653 mistimelyc1680 mistimed1687 ill-timed1692 ill-seasoned1843 unchancy1860 intempestuous1885 unseasonal1935 1581 J. Fielde (title) A Caveat for Parsons Hovvlet, concerning his vntimely flighte, and scriching in the cleare day lighte of the Gospell. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y5^v So vntimely breach The Prince him selfe halfe seemed to offend. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 53 The vnequall and vntimely interchange of pressing power. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 4 Many dangers attending the vnskilfull or vntimely vse thereof. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F4^v Men's overeager and untimely persuits of several desirable things. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 240 [It is] wise and just in general; but often..untimely; that is, too late. 1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. vi. 370 Eugenia felt so much hurt by this untimely sight, that..she bent her eyes another way. 1830 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) I. 234 All untimely question Ruffles the temper. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 328 The cause of all this untimely activity. b. Of hours: Unusually late (or early). ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > of time unseasonablea1616 untimeous1728 untimely1827 1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xii. 286 There are many who are still unwilling, at untimely hours, to pass the oak tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). untimelyadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtʌɪmli/, U.S. /ˌənˈtaɪmli/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 5. Compare Middle Swedish otimelika in sense 1. 1. At an unsuitable or improper time; unseasonably, inopportunely.Not in common use before the end of the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] in (earlier on) untimec897 untimelyc1200 out of timea1325 in unseasona1400 importunelyc1425 in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490 importunatelya1492 at ungaina1500 untimeously1513 intempestively1548 out of season1548 timeless1586 unseasonably1586 inopportunely1609 unseasonablea1634 unopportunely1651 timelessly1673 unseasonally1941 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 Swilche oðre [sins]..alse ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms civ. 28 He sente dercnessis, and made derc; and vntymely he fullfilde not [L. non exacerbavit] his woordis. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Q4 Now is the time, that I vntimely must Thereof make tryall, in my greatest need. View more context for this quotation1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E4 Thus my tale is donne, We haue vntimly lost, and they haue woone. View more context for this quotation1618 S. Rowlands Night-raven (1620) D 2 b I behold abuses..By such as doe vntimely haunt the street.1667 K. Philips Poems 111 He only dies untimely who dies late.1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iii. ii If I not press untimely on his leisure, You would [etc.].1743 W. Whitehead Epist. Ann Boleyn 74 I fell untimely, and lament my Fall.1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 295 To avenge the deed expelling Thee untimely from thy dwelling.1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 851/2 The moment for this controversy was very untimely chosen by the Pope. 2. Before the proper or natural time; prematurely. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > early, too early, or prematurely ratheOE oversoona1400 overtimelya1400 untimeously1513 before his (also her, etc.) time1545 abortively1552 immaturely1572 untimelya1586 forwardlya1641 prematurely1641 premature1754 ahead of oneself1854 over-early1856 beforetimes1885 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Nn8 O sweet youth..how vntimely subiect it is to deuotion? 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iv. 46 I haue inserted the same (although vntimely) in this place, which otherwise I would haue reserued to some other. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 36 When that Blessed King was untimely taken away. 1722 A. Pope To Earl of Oxford in T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions Ded. sig. A2 'Till Death untimely stop'd his tuneful Tongue. 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 74 Trees..untimely taken off, before they arrive at any valuable maturity. 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. ii. 17 Legs bowed from having been made untimely to bear the weight of the swollen body. 1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence i. 64 Melancthon..prolonged the conference, only lest he should seem to break it off untimely. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1535adv.c1200
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