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

How to use late-blooming in a sentence

Had the security service picked her up, they would have determined she was a late-blooming artist of a particularly modern kind.
Sarai Sierra, American Slain in Istanbul, Was an Artist in the Making|Michael Daly|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Even now, when the chills of autumn had begun to blow through its bowers, it was over-clambered with late-blooming flowers.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
The golden-rod, always late blooming on the Cape, bordered the path with gorgeous yellow.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine|Joseph C. Lincoln
With the arrogance of youth they laughed hilariously at the late blooming romance.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice

A late-blooming ratama tree dispensed from its yellow petals a sweet and persistent odour.
Heart of the West|O. Henry
Once we pass a farmhouse with late-blooming yellow roses climbing over the stone posts at the farm entrance.
Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway|Effie Price Gladding