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
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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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