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Definition tardy

Etymology

From an earlier tardive, borrowed from Old French tardif, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”).

Adjective

tardy (comparative tardier, superlative tardiest)

  1. Late; overdue or delayed.
  2. Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
  3. Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
  4. (obsolete) Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).
  5. (obsolete) Criminal; guilty.

Noun

tardy (plural tardies)

  1. (US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
  2. (US) An instance of a student being marked as tardy by a teacher in his or her attendance sheet.

Verb

tardy (third-person singular simple present tardies, present participle tardying, simple past and past participle tardied)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make tardy.

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