单词 | overtimely |
释义 | † overtimelyadj. Obsolete. Too early, premature, untimely. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > early or premature rathe1340 soona1400 premature?1530 fore-ripeda1533 untimeousc1540 immature1548 overtimely1548 prematurate1570 oversoona1586 over-early1605 premiseda1616 prematured1692 unearthly1865 previous1869 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark 40 b Lamentably bewaylyng her ouertymely deathe. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 139/2 in Chron. I The vayne youthefull fantasy and ouertymely death of thy fathers and thy bretherne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † overtimelyadv. Obsolete. Too early, prematurely; not at the proper time, unseasonably. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > early, too early, or prematurely ratheOE oversoona1400 overtimelya1400 untimeously1513 before his (also her, etc.) time1545 abortively1552 immaturely1572 untimelya1586 forwardlya1641 prematurely1641 premature1754 ahead of oneself1854 over-early1856 beforetimes1885 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 6612 Ȝyf þou any day shuldest fast, And þou ouertymely þy mete aske. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. met. i. 17 Heeris hore arn schad overtymeliche [L. Intempestiui] upon myn heved. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 142 Þe ferst fote brede of wose in glotonye is to ete or drynke ouyrtymely, ouyrsone or ouyrlate. ?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis Folowynge of Cryste iii. l. f. cxxi It hath ben trewely a grete hurte to many persones, a vertue knowen and ouer tymely praysed. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 59v Suffreth his worke men to leaue theyr worke and go theyr way ouer tymely. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxv. 244 Nourishment, which else being too liquid would turn to crudities by passing over-timely into the guts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1548adv.a1400 |
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