out of timeadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtə(v)ˈtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˌaʊdə(v)ˈtaɪm/

Forms: see out of prep. and time n., int., and conj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: out of prep., time n.

Etymology: < out of prep. + time n.

A. adv.

a. At an inappropriate time; unseasonably; (also) out of one's proper time.

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

a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 320 Ki eins oy foreiner, don out of tyme.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xi. 291 (MED) Worcheþ nat out of tyme As adam dude and eue.

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 354 I, Kay, þat þou knawes, Þat owte of tyme bostus and blawus.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 35^v Doth not Treacle as wel poyson as helpe if it be taken out of time?

1595 H. Roberts Pheander sig. I3^v Yet would shee not answere any thing sodeinly, considering how displeasing speeches spoken out of time, be vnto louers corasiues.

a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 258 They will disobey more out of time hereafter. The King makes use of that respit of time, assembleth more and more Forces.

1696 L. Meriton Pecuniæ obediunt Omnia xxix. 21 Things done in time or out of time all's one, Or if not done at all, she [sc. money] can Attone.

1780 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 325 I went like a thing born out of time, and had the door almost shut in my face.

1842 Niles' National Reg. 12 Feb. 374/1 Nothing was further from his purpose than to provoke meriment [sic]; jokes were now out of time as well as out of place.

1908 Bull. Amer. Libr. Assoc. Sept. 196/2 I know I am speaking out of time, and I will wait until the motion to take the matter up is made.

1954 Times 12 Feb. 11/2 He was born out of time. The age of the great nineteenth-century county histories was over.

2004 W. S. Rosecrans in P. Cozzens Battles & Leaders Civil War xxvii. 374 This..is open to the inference that General Thomas acted out of time, while in fact he did more than was expected, and did it well.

b. Outside the present time or recorded history.

ΚΠ

1898 H. G. Wells War of Worlds i. vii. 46 I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space.

1956 E. S. Carpenter in Anthropologica 3 1 The beginning of the Aivilik world is, strictly, at a point out of time.

1993 C. J. Beck Nothing Special (1994) v. 176 Experiencing is out of time: it is not the past, not the future, not even the present in the usual sense.

2. Not in correct rhythm or metre. Formerly also: †not in tune (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adverb] > in time or out of time

out of time1604

in timea1626

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 161 Like sweet bells iangled out of time, and harsh.

1626 N. Breton Figure of Foure: 2nd Pt. sig. B3^v Foure ill things in Musicke: to play out of time, or out of tune, false strings, and bad instruments.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B3 His little Party..had posted themselves at every corner to feigne a more numerous applause: but clap'd out of time.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 153 To play out of Time.

1771 C. Burney Present State Music France & Italy 175 The organ was out of tune, other instruments out of time, and the voices were both.

1869 Harper's Mag. Aug. 389/1 She would not sing with Barry. He sang out of time.

1921 T. Burke More Limehouse Nights xviii. 271 A metallic voice was singing out of time and out of tune with the guitar.

1989 R. Frame Penelope's Hat v. i. 125 A grandfather clock ticked (out of time) and chimed (out of key).

2002 L. Sandberg Acoustic Guitar Styles iii. 10 If you play out of time, you alter the flow of the music.

3. After the prescribed period has elapsed; (also) with no more time at one's disposal.

ΘΚΠ

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

lateOE

behindc1330

overlatea1400

lately?1440

arrear1477

behindhandc1550

tarde1557

lateward1572

tardy1586

too-late1620

out of time1760

tardily1821

not before time1837

postponedly1851

about time1856

belatedly1896

1760 G. G. Beekman Let. 22 Jan. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 351 I..would have ventured to put some seed on board Captain Marshall for you, but that was uncertain as the Vessel was dispaired of being out of time, and no orders from you to ship if he did not arrive with your goods.

1884 Graham Hastings in Law Times Rep. 50 175/1 On that view of the case also they are out of time, as they took no steps in the matter until Oct. 1883.

1886 Law Times 80 241/2 Counsel for the respondent took a preliminary objection that the appeal was out of time.

1984 J. R. Zodrow All Out 61 So, that's it for tonight, ladies and gentlemen! We're out of time and we have to go.

1998 Daily Tel. 20 Feb. 4/7 She was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court after her lawyers argued that the summons had been issued out of time.

2008 A. Roth My Sisters xiv. 213 ‘There's coffee if you want it.’ ‘Thanks, but I'm out of time. I'll pick up some on the road.’

4. to knock out of time: see time n., int., and conj. Phrases 3m(b).

B. adj.

In form out-of-time. Not appropriate or belonging to a particular time; untimely, unseasonable.In quot. 1834: ‘later than the appointed time’.

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

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 257 b/2 We wold haue..drowned yow by cause your dissolute & oute of tyme ianglyng.

1834 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 316/2 The out-of-time arrival of the Paris coaches, in Calais.

1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 211 A sort of ‘Murad the Unlucky’; an out-of-time, out-of-place, out-of-form sort of a boy, with whom nothing prospered.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 4 Sept. 13/2 He is so full of admiration for James III.—the ‘Old Pretender’, in common language—that he casts an out-of-time vote for him.

a1949 J. K. Baxter To my Father in Coll. Poems (1980) ii. 66 You have seemed then rather An out-of-time twin brother than a father.

1987 D. Hall Seasons at Eagle Pond i. 12 By tradition, the hard snow and heavy cold of January take a vacation for the eldritch out-of-time phenomenon of January thaw.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	out of time
释义	out of timeadv.adj. Brit. /ˌaʊtə(v)ˈtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˌaʊdə(v)ˈtaɪm/ Forms: see out of prep. and time n., int., and conj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: out of prep., time n. Etymology: < out of prep. + time n. A. adv. 1. a. At an inappropriate time; unseasonably; (also) out of one's proper time. 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 a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 320 Ki eins oy foreiner, don out of tyme. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xi. 291 (MED) Worcheþ nat out of tyme As adam dude and eue. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 354 I, Kay, þat þou knawes, Þat owte of tyme bostus and blawus. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 35^v Doth not Treacle as wel poyson as helpe if it be taken out of time? 1595 H. Roberts Pheander sig. I3^v Yet would shee not answere any thing sodeinly, considering how displeasing speeches spoken out of time, be vnto louers corasiues. a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 258 They will disobey more out of time hereafter. The King makes use of that respit of time, assembleth more and more Forces. 1696 L. Meriton Pecuniæ obediunt Omnia xxix. 21 Things done in time or out of time all's one, Or if not done at all, she [sc. money] can Attone. 1780 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 325 I went like a thing born out of time, and had the door almost shut in my face. 1842 Niles' National Reg. 12 Feb. 374/1 Nothing was further from his purpose than to provoke meriment [sic]; jokes were now out of time as well as out of place. 1908 Bull. Amer. Libr. Assoc. Sept. 196/2 I know I am speaking out of time, and I will wait until the motion to take the matter up is made. 1954 Times 12 Feb. 11/2 He was born out of time. The age of the great nineteenth-century county histories was over. 2004 W. S. Rosecrans in P. Cozzens Battles & Leaders Civil War xxvii. 374 This..is open to the inference that General Thomas acted out of time, while in fact he did more than was expected, and did it well. b. Outside the present time or recorded history. ΚΠ 1898 H. G. Wells War of Worlds i. vii. 46 I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space. 1956 E. S. Carpenter in Anthropologica 3 1 The beginning of the Aivilik world is, strictly, at a point out of time. 1993 C. J. Beck Nothing Special (1994) v. 176 Experiencing is out of time: it is not the past, not the future, not even the present in the usual sense. 2. Not in correct rhythm or metre. Formerly also: †not in tune (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adverb] > in time or out of time out of time1604 in timea1626 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 161 Like sweet bells iangled out of time, and harsh. View more context for this quotation 1626 N. Breton Figure of Foure: 2nd Pt. sig. B3^v Foure ill things in Musicke: to play out of time, or out of tune, false strings, and bad instruments. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B3 His little Party..had posted themselves at every corner to feigne a more numerous applause: but clap'd out of time. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 153 To play out of Time. 1771 C. Burney Present State Music France & Italy 175 The organ was out of tune, other instruments out of time, and the voices were both. 1869 Harper's Mag. Aug. 389/1 She would not sing with Barry. He sang out of time. 1921 T. Burke More Limehouse Nights xviii. 271 A metallic voice was singing out of time and out of tune with the guitar. 1989 R. Frame Penelope's Hat v. i. 125 A grandfather clock ticked (out of time) and chimed (out of key). 2002 L. Sandberg Acoustic Guitar Styles iii. 10 If you play out of time, you alter the flow of the music. 3. After the prescribed period has elapsed; (also) with no more time at one's disposal. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > late or too late lateOE behindc1330 overlatea1400 lately?1440 arrear1477 behindhandc1550 tarde1557 lateward1572 tardy1586 too-late1620 out of time1760 tardily1821 not before time1837 postponedly1851 about time1856 belatedly1896 1760 G. G. Beekman Let. 22 Jan. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 351 I..would have ventured to put some seed on board Captain Marshall for you, but that was uncertain as the Vessel was dispaired of being out of time, and no orders from you to ship if he did not arrive with your goods. 1884 Graham Hastings in Law Times Rep. 50 175/1 On that view of the case also they are out of time, as they took no steps in the matter until Oct. 1883. 1886 Law Times 80 241/2 Counsel for the respondent took a preliminary objection that the appeal was out of time. 1984 J. R. Zodrow All Out 61 So, that's it for tonight, ladies and gentlemen! We're out of time and we have to go. 1998 Daily Tel. 20 Feb. 4/7 She was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court after her lawyers argued that the summons had been issued out of time. 2008 A. Roth My Sisters xiv. 213 ‘There's coffee if you want it.’ ‘Thanks, but I'm out of time. I'll pick up some on the road.’ 4. to knock out of time: see time n., int., and conj. Phrases 3m(b). B. adj. In form out-of-time. Not appropriate or belonging to a particular time; untimely, unseasonable.In quot. 1834: ‘later than the appointed time’. 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 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 257 b/2 We wold haue..drowned yow by cause your dissolute & oute of tyme ianglyng. 1834 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 316/2 The out-of-time arrival of the Paris coaches, in Calais. 1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 211 A sort of ‘Murad the Unlucky’; an out-of-time, out-of-place, out-of-form sort of a boy, with whom nothing prospered. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 4 Sept. 13/2 He is so full of admiration for James III.—the ‘Old Pretender’, in common language—that he casts an out-of-time vote for him. a1949 J. K. Baxter To my Father in Coll. Poems (1980) ii. 66 You have seemed then rather An out-of-time twin brother than a father. 1987 D. Hall Seasons at Eagle Pond i. 12 By tradition, the hard snow and heavy cold of January take a vacation for the eldritch out-of-time phenomenon of January thaw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.a1325
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