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untime.

The absence of time; timelessness.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The absence of time; timelessness.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time.

    India · South · countable · often · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime).

verb
  1. To cause to be done at the wrong time.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime).

adj
  1. Untimely.

    India · South
    Untime cravings
Where this word comes from

From Middle English untime, from Old English untīme.

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