untimeous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of untimeous
Example Sentences
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Rhoda Polly's eyes, unused to untimeous moisture, were at least vague and misty, but that might only be because she was looking into the blue distance towards the Alps of Mont Ventoux.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
A sickly pallor had overspread Slyne's rigid features as he heard the title by which Herries had addressed that untimeous intruder.
From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas
“Ou, bravely; I believe he came to some untimeous end hereaway about?”
From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Charles Martin Hardie
It was repeated thrice ere Emmanuel Saddleton had presence of mind sufficient to inquire who sought admittance at that untimeous hour.
From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various
You are aye preaching, Willie, and whiles it is very untimeous.
From Winter Evening Tales by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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