tardiness
(noun) the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tardiness (countable and uncountable, plural tardinesses)
(uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
(countable) The result or product of being tardy.
• (quality of being tardy): lateness, tardity; see also lateness
• earliness, punctuality; see also earliness or punctuality
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"di*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being tardy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
