tempestivity

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tempestivity

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From tempestive + -ity, from Latin tempestīvitās, from tempestīvus (“timely”), from tempestās (“time, season”), from tempus (“time”).

noun tempestivities

uncountable timeliness This is called the season or tempestivity of time, when time, tide, and wind meet and clasp together.
Similar: opportuneness
countable A time period of a particular character. The race and course of age is certain; and there is but one way of nature and the same simple; and to every part of a man's life and age are given his convenient times and proper tempestivities.

Similar: seasonability · Opposite: intempestivity

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Similar: seasonability · Opposite: intempestivity

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@misc{tempestivity_2026,
  title = {tempestivity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tempestivity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}