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numismatics

nudiustertian

nouveau pauvre

pneumonic

nugacity

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nudiustertian PRONUNCIATION: (noo-dee-uhs-TUR-shuhn, nyoo-)

MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to the day before yesterday.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nudius tertius, literally, today is the third day. Earliest documented use: 1647. Also see hesternal (relating to yesterday) and hodiernal (relating to today).

USAGE: "I'd ordered the key on-line for £48 that nudiustertian morning and was not expecting it to arrive until the following week."

Benjamin Nolan; Cyclin' the City; Syniq.co.uk; Aug 22, 2012.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy. -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880)





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