[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Excessively late; too late.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Arthur Golding (d. 1606), translator. From over- + late

[], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- At too late a time; at or till an excessively late hour.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Robert Mannyng (d. c1338), poet and historian. From over- + late