Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. · An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.
To make tardy. · To dawdle.
Late; overdue or delayed. · Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. · Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. · Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).
From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.
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