"late bloomer" meaning in All languages combined

See late bloomer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-late bloomer.ogg [Australia] Forms: late bloomers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} late bloomer (plural late bloomers)
  1. (figurative) A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People Translations (person who reaches puberty or matures late): 晚熟 (wǎnshú) (Chinese Mandarin), myöhään aikuistuva [adjective] (Finnish), Spätentwickler [masculine] (German), ergenlik çağına geç giren (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-late_bloomer-en-noun-aSNtQZ78 Disambiguation of People: 40 37 22 1 Disambiguation of 'person who reaches puberty or matures late': 42 26 24 8
  2. (figurative) A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-late_bloomer-en-noun-kB97LFI9 Disambiguation of People: 40 37 22 1
  3. (figurative) A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People Translations (person who achieves proficiency or success late): 大器晚成 (dàqìwǎnchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), myöhään menestyvä [adjective] (Finnish), Spätzünder [masculine] (German), osoba późno odnosząca sukces [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-late_bloomer-en-noun-GRVQzYGc Disambiguation of People: 40 37 22 1 Disambiguation of 'person who achieves proficiency or success late': 24 24 42 10
  4. (literally, horticulture) A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants. Tags: literally Categories (topical): Horticulture Translations (plant that blooms late): myöhäinen kukkija (Finnish), syksyinen kukkija (Finnish), Spätblüher [masculine] (German), późno kwitnąca roślina [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-late_bloomer-en-noun-rRpK~toJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 14 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 10 9 72 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 13 13 61 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'plant that blooms late': 15 16 11 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: late-blooming, opsimath Coordinate_terms: early bloomer

Inflected forms

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