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late-blooming
[ leyt-bloo-ming ]
/ ˈleɪtˈblu mɪŋ /
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adjective
of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
late in coming about or showing full development: the country's late-blooming interest in soccer.
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Origin of late-blooming
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby late-blooming
latch onto, latchstring, late, late blight, late bloomer, late-blooming, late charge, latecomer, lated, lateen, lateen-rigged
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