This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
heightism
theophoric
ekphrasis
diegetic
yesterweek

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Next week’s theme
Words derived from food

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(YES-tuhr-week)

MEANING:

noun: Last week.
adverb: During last week.

ETYMOLOGY:

From yester- (a time one period before the present one), from Old English giestran (previous day) + week, from Old English wice (week). Earliest documented use: 1830.

USAGE:

“I told you of all this yesterweek, when you visited my chamber last.”
Michael Canfield; The Woods Wife & Other Tales of Mystery & Magic; CreateSpace; 2015.

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