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单词 timeous
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timeous

[ tahy-muhs ]
/ ˈtaɪ məs /
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adjective Chiefly Scot.

timely; sufficiently early.

Origin of timeous

1425–75; time + -ous; replacing late Middle English (Scots ) tymys (see -ish1)

OTHER WORDS FROM timeous

time·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby timeous

time of day, time off, time-of-flight mass spectroscopy, time of one's life, time on one's hands, timeous, timeout, time out of mind, timepass, timepiece, timepleaser
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Example sentences from the Web for timeous

  • Timeous and dubiety are bad, simply as not authorized by any but local usage.

    The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey

  • Timeous in the morning of August 22d, an express was sent off to Lochiel to command his attendance.

    The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1|Robert Forbes

  • Wait on for God's timeous salvation; ask not when, or how long?

    Letters of Samuel Rutherford|Samuel Rutherford

British Dictionary definitions for timeous

timeous
/ (ˈtaɪməs) /

adjective

Scot in good time; sufficiently earlya timeous warning

Derived forms of timeous

timeously, adverb

Word Origin for timeous

C15: Scottish; see time, -ous
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Words related to timeous

timely, convenient, apt, felicitous, auspicious, fortuitous, fortunate, propitious, up-to-date, prompt, appropriate, up-to-the-minute, proper, well-timed, favorable, fit, fitting, happy, helpful, pat
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