LATESOME ADJ. late; backward; slow, sluggish; tiresome, tedious ..a1382 rare, chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial. usage ADV. late ...1843 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Middle English latesom, latsom, latsum, from Old English lætsum (slow; late); equivalent to late (adj. slow, sluggish; reluctant, tedious) + -some FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1382 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Moyses seith, Lord, Y biseche, I am not wel spekynge fro ȝisterday and fro the thridde dai hens; and sith thow spak to thi seruaunt, Y am of more latsum and of more slow tonge..." From: The Earlier Version of the Wycliffite Bible Edited by Conrad Lindberg
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