temporizing
English edit
Adjective edit
temporizing (not comparable)
- Of or relating to temporization (in its various senses).
- a. 1645 (date written), Fra[ncis] Quarles, “Eglogue X”, in The Shepheards Oracles: Delivered in Certain Eglogues, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot and Richard Marriot, […], published 1645 (indicated as 1646), →OCLC, page 119:
- The kalender, […] hath late deſcry'd / That evill affected planet Mars, ally'd / To temporizing Mercury, conjoyn'd / I'th'houſe of Death; […]
- 1997, Fred M. Henretig, Christopher King, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures, page 731:
- Application of a protective covering as described in this chapter is a temporizing procedure performed before eventual aesthetic restoration of the tooth as an outpatient.
Noun edit
temporizing (plural temporizings)
- The act of one who temporizes, or acts evasively.
Verb edit
temporizing
- present participle and gerund of temporize