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noun
3.
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.: This is the latest in personal computers.
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So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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at the latest, not any later than (a specified time): Be at the airport by 7 o'clock at the latest.
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adjective
1.
occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
2.
continued until after the usual time or hour; protracted: a late business meeting.
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near or at the end of day or well into the night: a late hour.
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belonging to the time just before the present moment; most recent: a late news bulletin.
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EXPANDimmediately preceding the present one; former: the late attorney general.
adverb
Idiom9.
after the usual or proper time, or after delay: to arrive late.
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until after the usual time or hour; until an advanced hour, especially of the night: to work late.
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at or to an advanced time, period, or stage: The flowers keep their blossoms late in warm climates.
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recently but no longer: a man late of Chicago, now living in Philadelphia.
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of late, lately; recently: The days have been getting warmer of late.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English læt slow, late; cognate with German lass slothful, Old Norse latr, Gothic lats slow, lazy, Latin lassus tired
before 900; Middle English; Old English læt slow, late; cognate with German lass slothful, Old Norse latr, Gothic lats slow, lazy, Latin lassus tired
Related forms
late·ness, noun
o·ver·late, adjective
o·ver·late·ness, noun
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| latest (ˈleɪtɪst) | |
| —adj, —adv | |
| 1. | the superlative of late |
| —adj | |
| 2. | most recent, modern, or new: the latest fashions |
| —n | |
| 3. | at the latest no later than the time specified |
| 4. | informal the latest the most recent fashion or development |
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Word Origin & History
late
O.E. læt "occurring after the customary or expected time," originally "slow, sluggish," from P.Gmc. *latas (cf. O.N. latr "sluggish, lazy," M.Du., O.S. lat, Ger. laß "idle, weary," Goth. lats "weary, sluggish, lazy," latjan "to hinder"), from PIE base *lad- "slow, weary" (cf. L. lassus "faint,
EXPANDweary, languid, exhausted," Gk. ledein "to be weary"). The sense of "deceased" (as in the late Mrs. Smith) is from late 15c., from an adv. sense of "recently." Of women's menstrual periods, attested colloquially from 1962. Related: Lately; lateness.
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