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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + mātūrus (“mature”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
immātūrus (feminine immātūra, neuter immātūrum, comparative immātūrior, superlative immātūrrimus); first/second-declension adjective
- immature, unripe, untimely, premature
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “immature”): mātūrus
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “immaturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “immaturus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- immaturus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an untimely death: mors immatura or praematura