TARDIES

Noun

tardies

plural of tardy

Anagrams

• Atreids, aridest, asterid, astride, atrides, diaster, disrate, restiad, sideart, staider, staired, tirades, tradies

Source: Wiktionary


TARDY

Tar"dy, a. [Compar. Tardier; superl. Tardiest.] Etym: [F. tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus, fr. L. tardus slow.]

1. Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift. And check the tardy flight of time. Sandys. Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. Prior.

2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments. Arbuthnot. The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed. Waller.

3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.] Hudibras.

4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] Collier.

Syn.

– Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow.

Tar"dy, v. t.

Definition: To make tardy. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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