- timeous
- adjective Date: circa 1520 chiefly Scottish & South African timely • timeously adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Timeous — Time ous, a. Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] {Time ous*ly}, adv. [R. or Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
timeous — late 15c., from TIME (Cf. time) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Timeously … Etymology dictionary
timeous — [tīm′əs] adj. Scot. TIMELY … English World dictionary
timeous — /tuy meuhs/, adj. Chiefly Scot. timely. [1425 75; TIME + OUS; r. late ME (Scots) tymys (see ISH1)] * * * … Universalium
timeous — adjective in sufficient time; timely … Wiktionary
timeous — adj. at a good hour … English contemporary dictionary
timeous — [ tʌɪməs] adjective chiefly Scottish in good time; sufficiently early. Derivatives timeously adverb … English new terms dictionary
timeous — time·ous … English syllables
timeous — time•ous [[t]ˈtaɪ məs[/t]] adj. Scot. scot. timely • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME (Scots) tymys (see ish I), with suffix later sp. as if ous … From formal English to slang
timeous — … Useful english dictionary
