tarry

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien, terien (to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay), from Old English tirian, tirgan, tergan (to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite), from Proto-Germanic *terganan (to drag), from Proto-Indo-European *deregʰ- (to pull, tug, irritate). Cognate with Dutch tergen (to provoke), German zergen (to vex, irritate, provoke), Russian дергать (dergat', to pull, yank, jerk, pluck up).

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tarry (third-person singular simple present tarries, present participle tarrying, simple past and past participle tarried)

  1. (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
    It is true that the Messiah will come, though he may tarry. (Hitchens quoting translated Maimonides)
  2. (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
  3. (intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
  4. (intransitive) To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
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tarry (plural tarries)

  1. A sojourn.
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tar +‎ -y

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tarry (comparative tarrier, superlative tarriest)

  1. Resembling tar.
  2. Covered with tar.
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[edit] References

  • tarry” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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