† intempestiousadj.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: intempestive adj., -ous suffix; -ious suffix.
Etymology: Either (i) < intempestive adj. + -ous suffix (with omission of v , either as a typographical error, or perhaps on account of the rounded vowel; compare later intempestivous (1657 in an isolated attestation, written as two words, perhaps erroneously)), or (ii) perhaps an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ious suffix) of intempestive adj. Compare later tempestivous adj. and tempestivous (1659 in an apparently isolated attestation).
Obsolete.
rare.
1548 f. liij Lykewyse his armie muche marueled and no lesse mourned for his sodeyne and intempestious absence.
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adj.1548