单词 | mistimed |
释义 | mistimedadj.ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1212 The ost..prayit god..Him to conwoy fra all mystymyt cace. 2. Ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely. 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 1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 40 That's a little Uncharitable, and Miss-timed. c1710 J. Killingbeck Serm. (1717) 63 A hasty and unguarded Expression, an incautious and mistimed Reproof. 1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 40 There is a Time, when Toil must be preferr'd, Or Joy, by mis-tim'd Fondness, is undone. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. iii. 54 We do not recover composure by the mere feeling that agitation is mistimed. 1887 Spectator 2 July 882/1 Proposals for reunion amongst Liberals would be absolutely mistimed. 1935 W. Faulkner Pylon 171 The Franciana spring which emerges out of the Indian summer of fall almost, like a mistimed stage resurrection. 1978 A. Chambers Breaktime 62 He knew before he spoke that his question was a mistimed curiosity. 1993 P. Mayle Hotel Pastis iii. 41 Two fingers missing and a cheek puckered with scar tissue from a mistimed explosion. 3. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Made to keep irregular hours, esp. with respect to eating and sleeping. Also: (of a meal) irregular. ΚΠ 1841 R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 356 ‘He has not slept for the last three nights. No wonder he is ill; he is quite mistimed’. His regular hours are interrupted. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Mistimed, subjected to irregularity as regards seasons of refreshment, especially sleep. a1903 L. C. Musters in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 134/1 [Nottinghamshire] My mester's been ill a three week and I feel very much mistimed. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 225/1 Mistimed, of meals, irregular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1488 |
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