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timeous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈtaɪməs/

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adj

Meaning 1

In sufficient time; timely; in (its) proper time or season.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, South-Africa, especially, not-comparable

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History

Etymology

From earlier timous, from Middle English tymous, *tymwos, *tymwis (“early”), equivalent to timewise. Cognate with Scots timeous (“timely”). By surface analysis, time + -ous.