Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Word of the Day for Tuesday June 7, 2005 betimes \bih-TYMZ\, adverb: 1. Early; in good time; before it is late. 2. At times; on occasion. 3. [Archaic] Soon; in a short time. But it takes a piece of political theatre, like yesterday's release of the Iraq dossier, to get us out of bed betimes. --Andrew Marr, "I couldn't have a lie-in because of the Iraq dossier," [1]Daily Telegraph, September 25, 2002 It looks like it's trying to clear this morning, though waves of drizzle betimes pass through. --Will Cook, "Macklin's Cross," [2]Irish America, February 1, 2004 Some of them were poets or novelists first and critics only betimes. --Denis Donoghue, [3]The Practice of Reading _________________________________________________________ Betimes is from Middle English bitimes, from bi, "by" + time, "time." References 1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 2. http://www.irishabroad.com/irishworld/irishamericamag/ 3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300082649/ref=nosim/lexico Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=betimes

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