Tempestive

Tempestive
Tempestive Tem*pes"tive, a. [L. tempestivus.] Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood. -- {Tem*pes"tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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  • Tempestive — Tempestive, lat., zeitig, rechtzeitig …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • tempestive — tem·pes·tive …   English syllables

  • tempestive — (ˈ)tem|pestiv adjective Etymology: Latin tempestivus, from tempestus period of time, season (from tempus time) + ivus ive more at temporal archaic : occurring at a proper time or season : opportune, timely …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tempestively — Tempestive Tem*pes tive, a. [L. tempestivus.] Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] Heywood. {Tem*pes tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Intempestive — In tem*pes tive, a. [L. intempestivus: cf. F. intempestif. See {In } not, and {Tempestive}.] Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] Burton. [1913 Webster] Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tempestivily — Tem pes*tiv i*ly, n. [L. tempestivitas.] The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tempestivity — noun a) timeliness b) A time period of a particular character. Ant: intempestivity See Also: tempestive, tempestively …   Wiktionary

  • ANEMOTIS — Palladis nomen, inde tractum, quod, oum Mothonem Peloponnesi civitatem, locaque vicina, venti paulo violentiores, minusque tempestive perflantes insigniter oblaederent, Diomedis, qui cum ibi imperabat, suasu, simulacrum Palladi erectum est,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • CAMISATUS — Clericus est, cui cura erat infundendi aquam calidam in calicem, post consecrationem, ritu Graecorum, a quibus κωδωνοφόρος appellatur. Vide Curopalatam, laudatum Macro. Graeci namque praeter aquam, quam ponunt in calice, in Eucharistiae principio …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • EPONA — I. EPONA iumentoruin, et mulionum Dea. Vide supra, et in Hippona. Ferrario nomen Deae, et loci, in Bavaria apud Novam Civit. Pinburg Aucntino, Epenburg, aliis seu Biburg. II. EPONA puella formosissima, ex homine et equa concepta hoc modo. Fulvius …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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