† latelinessn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. The quality of being late; lateness, tardiness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]
slacknessc1000
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
slownessa1398
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
lenta1500
ignavy1543
retardance1550
lingering1570
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
slow-coaching1837
snailishness1905
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
ignavy1543
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
tarditude1794
laggardness1869
?c1400 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Sidney Sussex) (1884) xxxix. 24 (MED) Latlynes [a1500 Univ. Oxf. 64 that hulynes that he will not bifell].
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xx. 557 The latelinesse of maturity, whereby they were not enabled to generation vntill they were aboue one hundred yeares old.
2. The state or quality of being recent; recentness.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [noun]
freshnessa1398
lateness1566
recency1620
recentity1631
recentness1647
lateliness1693
1693 Introd. Breviary Hist. Eng. 2 A Work difficult, as well for the Antiquity, as the Lateliness of things done.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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