PREMATURE, PREMATURELY, PREMATURENESS
ADJECTIVES
► BEFORE-RIPE premature → 1388 obs.
► IMMATURE premature, untimely; occurring before its time → 1548 obs.
ADVERBS
► EARLY DOORS prematurely → 1980s sl.
► UNTIMEOUSLY prematurely, unseasonably → 1792 Sc.
NOUNS
► IMMATURITY prematureness; untimeliness → c1540 obs.