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timeous

[tahy-muhs]

adjective Chiefly Scot.

timely; sufficiently early.

Origin:
1425–75; time + -ous; replacing late Middle English (Scots ) tymys (see -ish¹)

Related forms

time·ous·ly, adverb

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timeous (ˈtaɪməs)

—*adj*
	(Scot) in good time; sufficiently early: a timeous warning

[C15: Scottish; see time, -ous]

'timeously

—*adv*

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