INTEMPESTIVE

Etymology

Adjective

intempestive (comparative more intempestive, superlative most intempestive)

(now rare) untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment

Synonyms

• ill-timed, inopportune; see also untimely

Source: Wiktionary


In`tem*pes"tive, a. Etym: [L. intempestivus: cf. F. intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive.]

Definition: Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] Burton. Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERSPERSION

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