latish

7.2

A little later than usual or expected

adjective

Informal

: tardío

She arrived latish at the party, just as everyone was starting to leave.

Examples

We left the house latish, so we missed the earlier train.
The meeting started a bit latish, but we were able to cover everything on the agenda.
Maybe I'll get back from Alfie's parents semi latish and just go straight to sleep.

Synonyms

tardy

vslatish

25 3.9

Arriving or happening later than expected

is milder, meaning only somewhat after the scheduled time rather than delayed

belated

vslatish

18 4.4

Happening or arriving later than expected

is less extreme, meaning only somewhat after the scheduled time not notably overdue

tad late

vslatish

Informal

1 7.6

A little after the time you should arrive

is stronger, meaning fairly after the scheduled time rather than a tiny delay

Antonyms

early

∞ 1.0

Before the usual or expected time

punctual

27 3.2

On time for a meeting or event

How Late

overdue

103 2.7

belated

18 4.4

late

∞ 1.0

latish

Informal

7.2

tardy

25 3.9

Surface Forms

latish positive

latisher comparative

latishest superlative

Morphology

latish = late (transparent) = late + ish

The suffix '-ish' is commonly used to mean 'somewhat' or 'fairly', making the meaning of 'latish' clear as 'somewhat late'.

Etymology

The word latish is simply late plus the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'a bit', like in reddish. So latish means 'a bit late' or 'fairly late'.