latered

Middle English

Adjective

latered

1. Inclined to delay; dilatory.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Then cometh the sinne that men clepen Tarditas, as when a man is latered, or taryed or [ere] he wol tourne to God: and certes that is a grete folie.

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References

• “latered”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.