Tardy

//ˈtɑːdi// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Late; overdue or delayed.

    "He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth."

  2. 2
    Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.

    "[…] fashions in proud Italy, / Whose manners still our tardy apish nation / Limps after in base imitation."

  3. 3
    Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.

    "His tardy performance bordered on incompetence."

  4. 4
    Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy). obsolete

    "Be not ta’en tardy by unwise delay."

  5. 5
    Criminal; guilty. obsolete

    "And the Franks served the Men much the same ſauce when they found them tardy, and made them run their Heats through the Streets"

Adjective
  1. 1
    after the expected or usual time; delayed wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. US

    "The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell."

  2. 2
    An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet. US
Verb
  1. 1
    To make tardy. obsolete, transitive

    "the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command"

  2. 2
    To dawdle. intransitive, rare

    "Sitting there on the rock behind the school, I heard nothing but the occasional raised voice of some youngster tardying on his way home, and the joints in the schoolhouse squeaking from the frost."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.

Etymology 2

From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.

Etymology 3

From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.

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