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latesome

latesome adjective: marked by lateness; characteristically late.

Adjective

latesome (comparative more latesome, superlative most latesome)

  1. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Marked by lateness; characteristically late
    • "By gane Times and latesome Changes," [...]1818, Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
    • [...] but if I should take of your cattle, and so I think for to do; for I have no oxen to get your corn with, nor none I cannot get carried, for every man is so busy with their own (21st August); for weather is so latesome in this country (Kinalton, Notts) that men can neither well get com nor...1843, The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Forms of latesome

comparativemore latesome
superlativemost latesome

Origin of latesome

From Middle English latesom, latsom, latsum, from Old English lætsum (“slow; late”), equivalent to late + -some.

Questions about latesome

What does latesome mean?
Latesome means marked by lateness; characteristically late.
What part of speech is latesome?
Latesome is an adjective.

Words near latesome in the dictionary

  1. lates
  2. latescence
  3. latescent
  4. lateshit
  5. lateshits
  6. latesome
  7. latespinoside
  8. latest
  9. latest and greatest
  10. latestly
  11. latests

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