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ereyesterday

Syllables: ere·yes·ter·day/ɛəˈjɛstədeɪ//ɛəɹˈjɛstəɹdeɪ/

ereyesterday adverb: on the day before yesterday.

Adverb

ereyesterday (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete except Ireland) On the day before yesterday.
    • […] Lord Ker [William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian] lifted his men ere yesterday at Kelso, and if captain or soldier know anything, Leslie will be with them on Friday, but he thinks they know no certainty of the depth of their resolution, only Leslie and their Council of War; […]1640 July 25 (date written; Gregorian calendar), William Fenwick, “Vol. CCCCLX. 14. Sir William Fenwick to Sir John Digby.”, in William Douglas Hamilton, editor, Calendar of State Papers, Domestic...
    • Friday laſt (ere yeſterday) Cardinal Mazarine came to receive and confer vvith her upon all the demands, motions, and articles ſhe vvould propound; […]1644 December 14 (date written; Gregorian calendar), M. O. Hertegan, “No. CCCXLVI. M. O. Hertigan to the Supreme Council of Kilkenny.”, in A Collection of Letters, Written by the Kings Charles I. and...
    Antonyms:
    overmorrow

Noun

ereyesterday (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete except Ireland) The day before yesterday.
    • And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce, ⁊ beholde, it was not towarde him as yeſterdaye and yeryeſterdaye.1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Genesis xxxj:[2]...

Antonyms of ereyesterday

Origin of ereyesterday

From ere (“before”, preposition) + yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Polish przedwczoraj, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs.

Questions about ereyesterday

What does ereyesterday mean?
Ereyesterday means on the day before yesterday.
What part of speech is ereyesterday?
Ereyesterday can be an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce ereyesterday?
Ereyesterday is pronounced /ɛəˈjɛstədeɪ/ (UK).

Words near ereyesterday in the dictionary

  1. Erewash
  2. erewhile
  3. erewhiles
  4. Erewhonian
  5. Erewhonians
  6. ereyesterday
  7. ereynetal
  8. erf
  9. Erfanian
  10. Erfanians
  11. erfc

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