intempestive

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English

Etymology

From Latin intempestīvus, from in- + tempestīvus (seasonable).

Pronunciation

Adjective

intempestive (comparative more intempestive, superlative most intempestive)

  1. (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 , shall be taken away, that intempestive expense moderated, and many others.

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

intempestive

  1. feminine singular of intempestif

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

intempestive

  1. feminine plural of intempestivo

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

intempestīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of intempestīvus

References

  • 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

Pronunciation

Adjective

intempestive

  1. feminine plural of intempestiv