Johnny-come-lately

WOTD - 28 January 2007    

English

Alternative forms

• Jonny-come-lately (rarer)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌdʒɒni.kʌmˈleɪtli/
• (US) IPA: /ˌdʒɑːni.kʌmˈleɪtli/

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Noun

Johnny-come-lately (plural Johnny-come-latelies)

1. (idiomatic) A newcomer; a novice; an upstart.

   She might take offense if some Johnny-come-lately thinks he can do a better job.

Synonyms

• (newcomer): greenhorn, newcomer, novice, upstart, n00b, scrub

Translations

newcomer

Finnish: keltanokka (fi), märkäkorva (fi) Polish: nowicjusz m., nowicjuszka f., żółtodziób m.

Portuguese: Novato (pt) m., novata (pt) f., recém-chegado (pt) m., recém-chegada (pt) f. Spanish: novato (es) m., novata (es) f. Swedish: uppkomling c.