late bloomer

  • 11bloomer — I. noun Date: 1727 1. a plant that blooms 2. a person who reaches full competence or maturity < he was a late bloomer as a writer > 3. [blooming] a stupid blunder II. noun Etymology: Amelia Bloomer …

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  • 12late-blooming — adjective of plants that bloom during the autumn • Syn: ↑autumn flowering, ↑autumn blooming, ↑fall flowering, ↑fall blooming, ↑late flowering • Similar to: ↑autumnal * * * /layt blooh ming/, adj …

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  • 13late-blooming — /layt blooh ming/, adj. 1. of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late blooming brilliance. 2. late in coming about or showing full development: the country s late blooming interest in soccer. [1965 70] * * * …

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  • 14late — late1 W1S1 [leıt] adj comparative later superlative latest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(after expected time)¦ 2¦(near the end)¦ 3 be too late 4¦(after usual time)¦ 5¦(evening)¦ 6¦(dead)¦ 7 late developer/bloomer …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15bloomer — [19] Bloomers, long loose trousers worn by women, were not actually invented by someone called Bloomer – the credit for that seems to go to a Mrs Elizabeth Smith Miller of New York – but their first advocate was Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818–94), a&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 16bloomer — [19] Bloomers, long loose trousers worn by women, were not actually invented by someone called Bloomer – the credit for that seems to go to a Mrs Elizabeth Smith Miller of New York – but their first advocate was Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818–94), a&#8230; …

    Word origins

  • 17bloomer — noun 1 bloomers (plural) a) old fashioned women s underwear like loose trousers that end at your knees b) short loose trousers that end in a tight band at your knees worn by women in Europe and America in the late 19th century 2 (C) BrE humorous …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18Steve Bloomer — Football player infobox playername= Steve Bloomer fullname = Stephen Bloomer dateofbirth = birth date|1874|1|20 cityofbirth = Cradley, Worcestershire countryofbirth = England dateofdeath = death date and age|1938|4|16|1874|1|20 cityofdeath =&#8230; …

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  • 19Bobby Hill (King of the Hill) — Infobox character colour = #ffaa44 name = Robert Hill caption = Bobby Hill portrayer = Pamela Adlon creator = gender = Male first = Pilot (episode 1.01) last = cause = age = 13 (11 at the start of the series) born = September 29, 1985 [cite&#8230; …

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  • 20Carol Tyler — (born 1951) is an American cartoonist known for her autobiographical comics.BackgroundBorn and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Tyler became interested in the underground comics movement while pursuing a masters degree in painting at Syracuse&#8230; …

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