Re: (GRE Success! ) Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--nudiustertian

Interesting word, though it takes too much of an effort to say it out loud.

:) .


On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Srihari Yamanoor <[email protected]> wrote:

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>  nudiustertian
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> PRONUNCIATION:
>  (noo-dee-uhs-TUR-shuhn, nyoo-)
> <http://wordsmith.org/words/nudiustertian.mp3>
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> MEANING:
>  *adjective*: Of or relating to the day before yesterday.
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> ETYMOLOGY:
>  From Latin nudius tertius, literally, today is the third day. Earliest
> documented use: 1647. Also see hesternal<http://wordsmith.org/words/hesternal.html>(relating to yesterday)
> hodiernal <http://wordsmith.org/words/hodiernal.html> (relating to
> today).
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> 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.
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> 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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