intempestive

English

Etymology

From Latin intempestīvus, from in- + tempestīvus (“seasonable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪntɛmˈpɛstɪv/

Adjective

intempestive (comparative more intempestive, superlative most intempestive)

1. (now rare) untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , New York, 2001, p.106:

     Luxus funerum [display at funerals], shall be taken away, that intempestive expense moderated, and many others.

Synonyms

• ill-timed, inopportune; see also Thesaurus:untimely

Translations

untimely

• Catalan: intempestiu
• French: intempestif (fr)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.pɛs.tiv/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Homophone: intempestives

Adjective

intempestive

1. feminine singular of intempestif

Further reading

• “intempestive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

intempestive

1. feminine plural of intempestivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.tem.pesˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛmpɛs̠ˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.tem.pesˈti.ve/, [in̪t̪empesˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

intempestīve

1. vocative masculine singular of intempestīvus

References

• “intempestive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intempestive”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intempestive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌintempesˈtive/

Adjective

intempestive

1. feminine plural of intempestiv