belatedadj.

/bɪˈleɪtɪd/

Etymology: < belate v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Overtaken by lateness of the night; hence, overtaken by darkness, benighted.

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the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] > overtaken by night or darkness

belated1618

benighted1810

1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 24 We are belated, and the time farre spent.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 783 Faerie Elves, Whose midnight Revels..some belated Peasant sees.

a1793 G. White Invitation in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1813) 564 Belated shepherd-swains See the cowl'd spectre.

2. Detained beyond the usual time, coming or staying too late; out of date, behind date.

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

lateOE

latefulc1384

tediousc1485

overlate1574

tarde1609

tardy1667

belated1670

sero1682

late in the day1689

slack1694

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 97 Authors..in time not much belated, some of equal age.

1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1842) I. 327 Who contested this belated account?

1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (1867) 70 Our belated baggage-train.

1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) iii. 52 Information..got but slowly..to the ears of the belated ambassador.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	belated
释义	belatedadj. /bɪˈleɪtɪd/ Etymology: < belate v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Overtaken by lateness of the night; hence, overtaken by darkness, benighted. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adjective] > overtaken by night or darkness belated1618 benighted1810 1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 24 We are belated, and the time farre spent. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 783 Faerie Elves, Whose midnight Revels..some belated Peasant sees. View more context for this quotation a1793 G. White Invitation in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1813) 564 Belated shepherd-swains See the cowl'd spectre. 2. Detained beyond the usual time, coming or staying too late; out of date, behind date. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late lateOE latefulc1384 tediousc1485 overlate1574 tarde1609 tardy1667 belated1670 sero1682 late in the day1689 slack1694 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 97 Authors..in time not much belated, some of equal age. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1842) I. 327 Who contested this belated account? 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (1867) 70 Our belated baggage-train. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) iii. 52 Information..got but slowly..to the ears of the belated ambassador. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1618
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