countertime

See also: counter-time

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ time. Compare contretemps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌtaɪm/

Noun

countertime (countable and uncountable, plural countertimes)

1. (obsolete) Opposition; resistance.
   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act IV, page 56:

     Let cheerfulneſs on happy Fortune wait, / And give not thus the Counter-time to Fate.

2. (equestrianism, obsolete) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “countertime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• neurotmetic