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nudiustertian
nudiustertian
English
The title page of Nathaniel Ward's book The Simple Cobler of Aggawamm in America (4th ed., 1647). The word nudiustertian, which Ward coined, appeared in the first edition of the book published in the same year.
Adjective
nudiustertian (not comparable)
- (rare, obsolete, modern uses probably humorous) Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.
- 1647, Theodore de la Guard [pseudonym; Nathaniel Ward], The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. Willing to Help 'Mend his Native Country, Lamentably Tattered, both in the Upper-leather and Sole, with all the Honest Stitches he can Take. And as Willing Never to bee Paid for his Work, by Old English Wonted Pay. It is his Trade to Patch all the Year Long, Gratis. Therefore I Pray Gentlemen Keep your Purses, London: Printed by J[ohn] D[ever] & R[obert] I[bbitson] for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, OCLC 560031272; republished as Project Gutenberg EBook #34974, 15 January 2011, archived from the original on 22 July 2016:
- [W]hen I heare a nugiperous Gentledame inquire what dresse the Queen is in this week: what the nudiustertian fashion of the Court; I meane the very newest: with egge to be in it in all haste, what ever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if shee were of a kickable substance, than either honour'd or humour'd.
- 2015 April 14, “Jet”, “Jamaica Blue”, in Brewtiful Coffee (blog), archived from the original on 10 April 2016:
- One of the best Chocolate gateau[sic, meaning gateaux] I have ever had! And I just had it nudiustertian afternoon.
- 2015 August 21, “Jaffe Morning Briefing”, in NJTV, archived from the original on 6 September 2015:
- Nudiustertian – adjective Definition: Want a new way to mention something that happened on Wednesday – the day before yesterday? Here you go. Example: “I shared some corned beef hash that nudiustertian morning.”
- 1647, Theodore de la Guard [pseudonym; Nathaniel Ward], The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. Willing to Help 'Mend his Native Country, Lamentably Tattered, both in the Upper-leather and Sole, with all the Honest Stitches he can Take. And as Willing Never to bee Paid for his Work, by Old English Wonted Pay. It is his Trade to Patch all the Year Long, Gratis. Therefore I Pray Gentlemen Keep your Purses, London: Printed by J[ohn] D[ever] & R[obert] I[bbitson] for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, OCLC 560031272; republished as Project Gutenberg EBook #34974, 15 January 2011, archived from the original on 22 July 2016:
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- ereyesterday (obsolete)
- overmorrow (obsolete)
Translations
Of or relating to the day before yesterday
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References
- ↑ David Mellinkoff (1963) The Language of the Law, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 978-0-316-56627-8, page 207: “Ward coined nugiperous from Latin nugae (nonsense or foolish), and also nudiustertian from Latin nudius tertius (day before yesterday). Both promptly became obsolete.”