different between nudiustertian vs today

English

Etymology

From Latin nudius tertius, from the phrase nunc dies tertius est (“now is the third day”). Coined by Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652) in The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America (1647).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n(j)?di.?s?t????n/
• Hyphenation: nu?di?us?ter?tian

Adjective

nudiustertian (not comparable)

1. (rare, obsolete, modern uses probably humorous) Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.

Coordinate terms

• hesternal
• hodiernal

Related terms

• ereyesterday (obsolete)
• overmorrow (obsolete)

Translations

See also

• last night
• today
• tomorrow
• tomorrow night
• tonight
• yesterday

References

Further reading

• “nudiustertian” at The Etyman Language Blog
• “nudiustertian” at Wordsmith.org

English

Alternative forms

• to-day (archaic)

Etymology

Via Middle English today, from Old English t?dæ?e, t? dæ?e (“on [the] day”), made from t? (“at, on”) + dæ?e, the dative of dæ? (“day”). See to and day. Compare Dutch vandaag (“today”), Middle Low German van dage (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??de?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??de?/, [t???de?], /t??de?/, [t???de?], [t???e??]
• Rhymes: -e?
• Hyphenation: to?day

Adverb

today (not comparable)

1. On the current day or date.

2. In the current era; nowadays.

Derived terms

• today is a good day to die

Translations

Noun

today (plural todays)

1. A current day or date.

   Synonyms: current day, this day

   The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.
2. (US, meteorology) From 6am to 6pm on the current day.
3. The present time period; nowadays

Usage notes

Todays is a mostly literary plural. It refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial are these days and nowadays.

Translations

See also

• nowadays
• hodiernal
• hodiernally
• yesterday
• tomorrow night
• tonight
• last night
• nudiustertian
• hesternal
• hesternally

Anagrams

• toady

Middle English

Alternative forms

• todæg, todæig, todai, todaie, todæi, todei, tedai, tedei, toda??

Etymology

From Old English t?dæ?, equivalent to to- +? day.

Adverb

today

1. On the current day.
2. On this date in past years.
3. (used substantively) The current day.

Descendants

• English: today

References

• “todai, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.