tarry

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to linger or delay; (separately) covered with tar

   Do not tarry, for the train leaves in five minutes.

In the verb sense 'to linger', from Middle English tarien ('to delay, vex'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English tergan ('to vex'). The adjective sense 'covered with tar' is from tar + -y.

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