in ritardu

Sicilian

Etymology

Akin to Italian in ritardo

Adverb

in ritardu

1. (of time) overdue, late, behind, slow
   • 2017, Gaetano Cipolla, Arba Sicula XXXVIII, St John's University, page 8:

     ARBA SICULA, prima di tuttu, la riflissioni in ritardu, di na nicissità sintuta di na cumunità etnica stabiluta nni li Stati Uniti d’America pi difiniri, prisirvari e diffunniri la nostra antica eredità p’assicurari la so vera supravvivenza.

     ARBA SICULA is, above all else, the overdue reflection of a felt need by an established ethnic community of the United States of America to define, preserve and disseminate our ancient heritage in order to assure its undistorted survival.