tardy

Betekenis

Adj

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

1. A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
2. An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.

Verb

To make tardy.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtɑːdi/

Etymologie

From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.