timeous

[ tahy-muhs ]

See synonyms for timeous on Thesaurus.com

adjectiveChiefly Scot.

timely; sufficiently early.

Origin of timeous

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

Other words from timeous

time·ous·ly, adverb

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use timeous in a sentence

What a season, if timeously improved, for enrichment at the mercy-seat!
The Hart and the Water-Brooks; | John R. Macduff
They should be timeously secured with roffia or other soft material.
The Book of Bulbs | Samuel Arnott
Well had it been for Barbaroux, had he yielded timeously to the loving call of Melanie, made so romantically and mysteriously.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.--April, 1851--Vol. II. | Various
It was the same as if I had seen the poor boy coming to his end un-timeously.
The Manxman | Hall Caine

British Dictionary definitions for timeous

timeous

/ (ˈtaɪməs) /

adjective

Scot in good time; sufficiently early: a timeous warning

Origin of timeous

C15: Scottish; see time, -ous

Derived forms of timeous

timeously, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse