ereyesterday

== English == === Etymology === From ere (“before”, preposition) +‎ yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Polish przedwczoraj, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛəˈjɛstədeɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɛəɹˈjɛstəɹdeɪ/ Hyphenation: ere‧yes‧ter‧day === Adverb === ereyesterday (not comparable) (obsolete except Ireland, Scotland) On the day before yesterday. Alternative forms: ere-yesterday, ere yesterday Antonym: (archaic) overmorrow ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ereyesterday (uncountable) (obsolete except Ireland, Scotland) The day before yesterday. Antonym: (archaic) overmorrow ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== nudiustertian (“of the day before yesterday”, adjective) (obsolete, rare) === References === === Further reading === D. J. K. (4 April 1868), “Ere-yesterday”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, General Readers, etc., volume I (4th Series), number 14, London: […] George Andrew Spottiswoode, […] [for] William Greig Smith, […], →OCLC, page 313, column 2: “There is a word in common use in Ireland which might, I think be raised above the rank of a provincialism. On Tuesday, for instance, an Irishman would speak of Sunday as ‘ere-yesterday.’” William Dickinson (1878), “Ere-yesterday, sb.”, in A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland (Series C (Original Glossaries, and Glossaries with Fresh Additions); VIII), […] [F]or the English Dialect Society, by Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, page 35: “the day before yesterday.” Alexander Warrack, compiler (1911), “Eve-, Ever-, Ere-yesterday, n.”, in Chambers Scots Dictionary […], Edinburgh; London: W[illiam] & R[obert] Chambers, […], →OCLC, page 160: “the day before yesterday.” “ereyesterday, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.