tardis

See also: Tardis and TARDIS

English

Noun

tardis (plural tardises)

1. Alternative form of Tardis
   • 1995, Liz Stanley, The Auto/Biographical I: The Theory and Practice of Feminist Auto-Biography, page 54:

     The photograph 'the romance of the auto/biographer's desk' is a tardis; when I enter the photograph I can move through time, move through a variety of times indeed.

   • 1999, The Organic Way, numbers 157-174, page 53:

     This small paperback book is a veritable tardis of tips on how to preserve the harvest glut. It covers 51 types of fruit and vegetables, including herbs.

   • 2009, Dominic Varadi, The Credit Crunch Conspiracy, page 214:

     10 Downing Street is a tardis of a property. Behind its famous black door lies a maze of corridors, offices and reception rooms. In one such room, decorated with oak panelling and oil paintings […]

Anagrams

• Astrid, iTards, triads

Catalan

Verb

tardis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tardar

Latin

Adjective

tardīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of tardus