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nudiustertian

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nudiustertian (nu-di-uhs-TUR-shuhn) adjective

Of or relating to the day before yesterday.

[From Latin nudius tertius, literally, today is the third day.]

"What dress the Queen is in this week: what the nudiustertian fashion of the court, I mean the very newest."
Nathaniel Ward; Simple Cobler of Aggawam; 1647.

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