Tardy
Tardy , adjective
[French tardif, from (assumed) Late Latin tardivus, from Latin tardus slow.]
1.
Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
And check the tardy flight of time.
Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave.
2.
Not being in season; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments. — Arbuthnot
The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed.
3.
Unwary; unready. [Obsolete] — Hudibras
4.
Criminal; guilty. [Obsolete] — Collier
Tardy , transitive verb
To make tardy. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare