This week's theme: There is a word for it. 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.] -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "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. We thank these sponsors for making this newsletter possible: Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw ............................................................................ News is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is publicity. -Bill Moyers, journalist (1934- ) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/nudiustertian.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/nudiustertian.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/nudiustertian.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
