intempestivity
/ɪntɛmpɛˈstɪvɪti/
intempestivity means unseasonability; untimeliness. It carries an Arena rating of 1336, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, intempestivity ranks #143 of 13,220 for Most Ponderous Words, #650 of 13,220 for Most Satisfying to Say, #1,179 of 13,220 for Most Incisive Words, #1,470 of 13,220 for Funniest Words.
intempestivity is pronounced /ɪntɛmpɛˈstɪvɪti/.
Why “intempestivity” is a great word
The state of being unseasonable or occurring at an inappropriate time. From the Latin intempestīvitās, from intempestīvus ('unseasonable, untimely') + -itās (noun-forming suffix). Unlike tempestivity, which is the specific virtue of being perfectly timed, or inopportuneness, which broadly signals inconvenience, intempestivity is a formal dissonance with the proper rhythm of things. It is the bloom that opens in a killing frost, the phone that rings in the silent heart of the night, and the confession uttered only after the moment for hearing has passed—a quiet, irrevocable proof that the world’s clock and our own are forever out of joint.
Etymology
From the Latin intempestīvitās; cognate with the French intempestivité.
noun
- Unseasonability; untimeliness.“This “untimeliness” has nothing to do with the “intempestivity” of Nietzsche, which implies a denial of the present and an affirmation of future values.”
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