LATE, LATENESS
ADJECTIVES
1382 — LATEFUL late in season → obs.
1382 — LATESOME late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious → rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. usage
1538 — LATEWARD late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year → obs.
1573 — LATEWARDLY late, slow, backward; chiefly said of fruit and crops ripening, and seasons of the year → obs.
1599 — DEEP far advanced in time; late → obs.
1613 — TARDE late → obs.
1619 — PAST THE TIME OF DAY too late → Eng. dial.
1750 — AFTERNOON late in performing any work, procrastinating; dilatory, slow → Eng. dial.
1821 — BACK late, backward, falling, behindhand → Sc.
1849 — BACKERLY backward; behindhand, late → Eng. dial.
1884 — BACKWARD of the seasons, vegetation, etc.: behindhand, late → Eng. dial.
1889 — IN BACK-HOUSE DYKE behindhand, late; in difficulties, in a dilemma → Eng. dial.
1891 — ASTERN (OF) THE LIGHTER tardy, late, behind, lagging behind → Amer. sl.
1891 — BEHIND THE LIGHTER tardy, late, behind, laggardly → Amer. dial.
1896 — ALL BEHIND LIKE A DOG’S TAIL running late → Brit. sl.
1898 — BACK O’ BEHIND behindhand; tardy; late → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LAG last of all, behind; habitually late or behindhand → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TARDIVE characterized by lateness, or tending to appear late; of late appearance of development
1940 — ALL BEHIND LIKE BARNEY’S BULL late, delayed → Aust. & NZ sl.
1958 — BEHINDEST late → Amer. dial.
1968 — MEXICAN of time or events: late, slow, unreliable
1970 — ALL BEHIND LIKE THE COW’S TAIL extremely late or much delayed
2003 — ALL BEHIND LIKE A CAT’S ARSE running late → Brit. sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1515 — LATELY after or beyond the usual or proper time; behind time, at a late hour, late → obs.
1557 — TARDE late → obs.
1572 — LATEWARD late, after the due time or season
1843 — LATESOME late → obs.
1888 — BACK behindhand, late → Eng. dial.
1892 — BACKERLY backward, late → Eng. dial.
1898 — ALL OUT too late → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BEHINT late; too late; in arrears of work, payment, or fulfilment → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1599 — TARDITY the fact of being late; lateness
1725 — TARDIVITY lateness of development or maturity → obs.
..L19 — AN UNGODLY HOUR very late
1984 — DARK THIRTY late at night → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1615 — AFTERNOON MAN a late or lazy man
1885 — TAIL-ENDER one who is at the tail-end; one who comes last; a term of contempt for one who is habitually late in everything he undertakes
1892 — LATTER LAMMAS an unpunctual person, one who is always behind time → Eng. dial.
1902 — LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LANTY one who is late; a slow-coach → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1986 — PAIKE a tardy person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1548 — A DAY AFTER THE FAIR too late
..L19 — LIKE A FAT WOMAN, ALL BEHIND applied to one who is extremely late or much delayed
1999 — FURTHER BACK THAN WALLA WALLA way behind schedule; last by a long way → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1300 — WAKE to sit up late for pleasure or revelry; to turn night into day → obs.
1605 — COME A DAY AFTER THE FAIR to arrive or occur too late
1613 — KISS THE HARE’S FOOT to be late for meals; to be late for anything → obs.
1642 — BELATE to make late, to detain beyond the usual time, to delay; to hinder
1658 — COME BY THE LAME POST to be behind time → obs.
1872 — LANTER to be late → Eng. dial.
1880 — LATEN to become or grow late; to make late
1942 — ARRIVE IN AN ARM CHAIR to arrive late → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BE IN THE DOG-HOUSE to be locked out for the night upon arriving home late → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BE LIKE A COW’S TAIL vb. to be late → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BE LIKE A COW’S TAIL, ALWAYS BEHIND to be late → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BE LIKE A DONKEY’S TAIL to be late → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BE LIKE A DONKEY’S TAIL, ALWAYS BEHIND to be late → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HAVE THE KEY OF THE STREET to be locked out for the night upon arriving home late → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — KEEP BANKER’S HOURS to be tardy to work → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1970 — TRIP IN to come in late to a place or engagement → US sl. (Bk.)
1975 — ROCK UP to arrive late or unannounced → colloq.