retardataire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French retardataire

Adjective

retardataire

  1. anachronistic, dated, especially in artistic style.
    • 1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 14:
      Ditto with "community." [He says that] the notion that there's such a thing (or should be such a thing!) as a gay "community" is a product of those messy gay lib days. It comes in for a similarly superficial and retardataire drubbing, with however the extra good laugh that he can't refrain from referring to that nonexistent community himself a couple times.

French

Etymology

From retarder + -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.taʁ.da.tɛʁ/
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Adjective

retardataire (plural retardataires)

  1. late (arriving late)
  2. outdated

Noun

retardataire m (plural retardataires)

  1. latecomer

Further reading

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