Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: late-some
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by lateness; characteristically late

British usage

Example Sentences

""By gane Times and latesome Changes," [...]"
"[...] but if I should take of your cattle, and so I think for to do; for I have no oxen to get your corn with, nor none I cannot get carried, for every man is so busy with their own (21st August); for weather is so latesome in this country (Kinalton, Notts) that men can neither well get com nor hay-[...]"

Etymology

From Middle English latesom, latsom, latsum, from Old English lætsum (“slow; late”), equivalent to late + -some.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: latesom, lætsum
Suffix: late

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more latesome (comparative) most latesome (superlative)

Questions

What does latesome mean?: Marked by lateness; characteristically late
Where does latesome come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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