intempestive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intempestīvus, from in- + tempestīvus (“seasonable”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intempestive (comparative more intempestive, superlative most intempestive)
- (now rare) untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, New York, 2001, p.106:
- Luxus funerum [display at funerals], shall be taken away, that intempestive expense moderated, and many others.
Synonyms[edit]
- ill-timed, inopportune; see also Thesaurus:untimely
Translations[edit]
untimely
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.pɛs.tiv/
Audio (CAN) (file) - Homophone: intempestives
Adjective[edit]
intempestive
Further reading[edit]
- “intempestive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intempestive
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.tem.pesˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛmpɛs̠ˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.tem.pesˈti.ve/, [in̪t̪empesˈt̪iːve]
Adjective[edit]
intempestīve
References[edit]
- “intempestive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intempestive”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intempestive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intempestive
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