adj
Meaning 1
Untimely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, South
Qualifier: obsolete elsewhere
Examples
- Untime cravings
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noun
Meaning 2
The absence of time; timelessness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, South, countable, often, uncountable
Qualifier: obsolete elsewhere
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verb
Meaning 4
To cause to be done at the wrong time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English untime, from Old English untīme.
From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime).