different between tarry vs demur

English

Alternative forms

• tarrow (Scotland)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirian, tir?an, ter?an (“to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite”), from Proto-Germanic *tergan?, *targijan? (“to pull, tease, irritate”), from Proto-Indo-European *dereg?- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Dutch tergen (“to provoke”), German zergen (“to vex, irritate, provoke”), Norwegian Bokmål terge (“to irritate, provoke”), Russian ??????? (djórgat?, “to pull, yank, jerk, pluck up”). Compare also Walloon tårdjî (“to be late, to be slow, to wait”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæ.?i/, enPR: t?r'?
• Rhymes: -æri

Verb

tarry (third-person singular simple present tarries, present participle tarrying, simple past and past participle tarried) (dated)

1. (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

   Synonyms: forestall, put off; see also Thesaurus:procrastinate
2. (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.

   Synonym: abide
3. (intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.

   Synonyms: hang about, hang around, linger, loiter; see also Thesaurus:tarry
4. (intransitive) To stay somewhere temporarily.

   Synonyms: sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop over; see also Thesaurus:sojourn
5. (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

   Synonyms: await, wait on; see also Thesaurus:wait for

Translations

Noun

tarry (plural tarries)

1. A sojourn.

   Synonyms: stay, stop, stop-over

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English terrie, equivalent to tar +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???i/, enPR: tär'?
• Rhymes: -??ri

Adjective

tarry (comparative tarrier, superlative tarriest)

1. Resembling tar.

   Synonym: pitchy

2. Covered with tar.

   Synonyms: bituminized, pitchy

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “tarry”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman demorer, from Old French demorer (French demeurer), from Vulgar Latin demoro, Latindemorari (“to tarry”), from de- + morari (“to delay”).

See alternative etymology in the Anglo-Norman ancestor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?mûr?, IPA^(key): /d??m??/
• (General American) enPR: d?mûr?, IPA^(key): /d??m?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Distinguish from pronunciation of demure

Verb

demur (third-person singular simple present demurs, present participle demurring, simple past and past participle demurred)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
2. (intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth

     Vpon this rubbe the English Embassadors thought fit to demurre

3. (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk

4. (intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
6. (transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
   • 1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems

     He demands a fee, / And then demurs me with a vain delay.

Related terms

• demurrage
• demurral
• demurrer

Translations

Noun

demur (plural demurs)

1. Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:

     Most geologists today would accept such evidence without demur, but it was still ‘fringe’ science when du Toit was publishing.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• MUDer, mured

Latin

Verb

d?mur

1. first-person plural present passive subjunctive of d?