单词 | untimeliness |
释义 | untimelinessn. The quality of being untimely. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] importunityc1451 unripenessa1500 inopportunity?a1513 unseasonableness1548 immaturity?c1550 untimeliness1580 intempestivity1654 inopportuneness1831 inopportunism1886 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Importunité, vntimelinesse. 1656 Bp. J. Taylor Answer to Bp. Rochester 87 The solemnities..and untimeliness of temporal death. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. ii. 169 Had not the untimeliness of his death prevented it. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxxi. 438 Putting out of sight the untimeliness of those leaves and of that pretence of fruit. 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. xi. 54 The latter calamity, by a most unfortunate climax of untimeliness, took place a little before his enemy's reverses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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