overmorrow

Syllables: over·mor·row/ˌəʊvəˈmɒɹəʊ/US/ˌoʊvəɹˈmɔɹoʊ/

overmorrow adverb: on the day after tomorrow.

Adverb

overmorrow (not comparable)

(archaic) On the day after tomorrow.
- Thẽ [then] ſpake Tobias vnto the virgin, and ſayde: Vp Sara, let vs make oure prayer vnto God to daye, tomorow, and ouermorow: for theſe thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure ſelues with God: and whan the thirde holy night is paſt, we ſhall ioyne together in yͤ deutye of mariage.1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Tobias [Tobit]...
- "Yes, I will come, but it will take a few more days to clear up Delegation business. Can I follow you on Wednesday? Yours, [Arthur] McManus." / "We can go not overmorrow, but on Thursday."[c. 1924 (date written), W[illiam] Joynston-Hicks [i.e., William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford], “Vote of Censure Proposed”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Commons Official...
Antonyms:

ereyesterday

Noun

overmorrow (plural overmorrows)

(archaic) The day after tomorrow.
- My members borrow / A thrill from wild Walpurgis-night: / It comes round on the overmorrow— / Then why we wake we know aright.1880, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Tho[ma]s E[benezer] Webb, Faust from the German of Goethe, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co., […]; London: Longmans, Green, & Co., […], →OCLC, Act IV...
- She's been missing for days and now Ēostre is on the overmorrow.2021, Lucy Holland [pseudonym; Lucy Hounsom], “Keyne”, in Sistersong, London: Pan Macmillan, →ISBN
Antonyms:

ereyesterday

Adjective

overmorrow (not comparable)

(archaic, rare) Of or relating to the day after tomorrow.
- For thou néedeſt not by thy morrowe and ouermorrowe delayes to augment his diſcommoditie ⁊ [and] hinderance any longer, from whom thou haſt by thy ſubtile meanes and wicked violence, wreſted the goodes that he hath, conſidering yͭ [that] he to his loſſe hath lacked them long enough, ⁊ béen without...1577, Henrie Bullinger [i.e., Heinrich Bullinger], “Of the Lawfull Vse of Earthly Goods: That is, Howe We may Rightly Possesse and Lawfully Spende the Wealth that is Rightly and Iustly Gotten: Of...
Antonyms:

nudiustertian

overmorrow meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog and Arabic

overmorrow in Hindi

on the day after tomorrow: परसों parsõ

overmorrow in Urdu

on the day after tomorrow: دو دِن بَعْد do din ba'd, دُوسْرے دِن dūsre din, پَرسوں parsõ

overmorrow in Arabic

on the day after tomorrow: بَعْدَ ٱلْغَد baʕda l-ḡad

More languagesFewer languages

overmorrow in Indonesian: lusa
overmorrow in Vietnamese: mốt, ngày kia, ngày mốt

Examples of overmorrow in a sentence

Sinowjeff and myself go to Caucasus overmorrow.[1969, James Klugmann, quoting Bucharin, “Prelude to the General Strike”, in History of the Communist Party of Great Britain, volume 2 (The...
They played up to this idea of the bronzed, grizzled, Aussie boozers who treated girls badly and were hungover until midday; that's midday on the overmorrow!2022, Kenny Maule, “Early Summer 1969: A Stout, Wee Hut …”, in All Summer Long: A Cornish Beach Boy, Market Harborough, Leicestershire: The...
"Not just tomorrow-tomorrow but the coming overmorrows and beyond that." I smiled hugging him abruptly.2023 May 1, Vanshika Nagar, chapter 36, in Mayhem of Our Love (Our Love Series; 1), [S.l.]: Vanshika Nagar, →ISBN, page 218:

Antonyms of overmorrow

Forms of overmorrow

plural	overmorrows

Origin of overmorrow

PIE word *upér The adverb is derived from over- (prefix meaning ‘above, higher’) + morrow, probably a calque of German übermorgen (adverb) (compare also Übermorgen (noun)), from Middle High German übermorgen, from Old High German ubar morgan, ubar morgana, from obar, ubar (“above”) + morgan, morgana (“morning”). The noun and adjective are derived from the adverb. Cognates * Danish overmorgen * Dutch overmorgen * Middle Low German övermorgen

Words that rhyme with overmorrow

Questions about overmorrow

What does overmorrow mean?: Overmorrow means on the day after tomorrow.
What is overmorrow in Hindi?: Overmorrow in Hindi is परसों (parsõ). See Overmorrow meaning in Hindi.
How do you use overmorrow in a sentence?: Sinowjeff and myself go to Caucasus overmorrow.
What part of speech is overmorrow?: Overmorrow can be an adverb, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce overmorrow?: Overmorrow is pronounced /ˌəʊvəˈmɒɹəʊ/ (UK).

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