Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Scotland, South Africa, especially, not comparable)In sufficient time; timely; in (its) proper time or season.

Origin

From earlier timous, from Middle English tymous, *tymwos, *tymwis (“early”), equivalent to

From earlier timous, from Middle English tymous, *tymwos, *tymwis (“early”), equivalent to timewise. Cognate with Scots timeous (“timely”). By surface analysis, time + -ous.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

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