ereyesterday en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ɛəɹˈjɛstəɹdeɪ/ (General-American)
- /ɛəˈjɛstədeɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-eri Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri Proto-Germanic *airi Proto-Germanic *airiz Old English ǣr Middle English er English ere Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyésteros Proto-Germanic *gesteraz Proto-Germanic *-n Proto-Germanic *gesteran Proto-West Germanic *gesteran Old English ġiestran Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Old English ġiestrandæġ Middle English yesterday English yesterday English ereyesterday From ere (“before”, preposition) + yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Polish przedwczoraj, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs.
Meanings
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(Scotland, not-comparable, qualifier:obsolete except Ireland) On the day before yesterday.
Your conduct is as unaccountable as it is inexcusable. If you were engaged elsewhere, why write me word ere yesterday, that you would be happy to become my son-in-law?
1853 (date written), Mrs. John [i.e., Mary] Winter, Where there’s a Will there’s a Way; or, The Old Family Name. An Old-fashioned Irish Comedy in Three Acts, […], Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co. […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], published 1886, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 36:Friday laſt (ere yeſterday) Cardinal Mazarine came to receive and confer vvith her upon all the demands, motions, and articles ſhe vvould propound; […]
1644 December 14 (date written; Gregorian calendar), M. O. Hertegan, “No. CCCXLVI. M. O. Hertigan to the Supreme Council of Kilkenny.”, in A Collection of Letters, Written by the Kings Charles I. and II. the Duke of Ormonde, the Secretaries of State, the Marquess of Clanricarde, and Other Great Men, during the Troubles of Great Britain and Ireland. […], volume III, London: […] J. J. and P. Knapton, […]; G. Strahan, […]; W. Innys and R. Manby, […]; F. Giles, […]; and T. Wotton, […], published 1735, →OCLC, page 361:VVherefore have ye not completed your ſet vvork (or, your task) in making of bricks, as formerly, [Heb[rew] as yeſterday, ere yeſterday] ſo alſo yeſterday and to day?
1657, “The Second Book of Moseh, Called Exodus. Chap[ter] V. [Verse 14.]”, in Theodore Haak, transl., The Dutch Annotations upon the Whole Bible: Or, All the Holy Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, […], London: […] Henry Hills, for John Rothwell, Joshua Kirton, and Richard Tomlins, →OCLC, signature M2, verso, column 2:My flight was planned ere yesterday; and in concert with one who both can and will provide me with the means of safety. It is best I should go.
1870, [Deborah Alcock], “Don Gonsalvo’s Revenge”, in The Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century. […], London; Edinburgh: T[homas] Nelson and Sons, […], published 1871, →OCLC, page 206:[…] Lord Ker [William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian] lifted his men ere yesterday at Kelso, and if captain or soldier know anything, Leslie will be with them on Friday, but he thinks they know no certainty of the depth of their resolution, only Leslie and their Council of War; […]
1640 July 25 (date written; Gregorian calendar), William Fenwick, “Vol. CCCCLX. 14. Sir William Fenwick to Sir John Digby.”, in William Douglas Hamilton, editor, Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles I. 1640. […], London: Longmans & Co., […]; Trübner & Co., […], published 1880, →OCLC, page 480:I did not know until this morning the flattering epithets bestowed upon me at some loyal festive gathering of "true blues" assembled ere-yesterday to celebrate the wedding on that day of the Marquis of Lorne [John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll] with the Princess Louisa [Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll] in this good city of Montreal.
1889, M[ichael] B[ernard] Buckley, “‘A Priestly Fenian’”, in Kate Buckley, editor, Diary of a Tour in America, Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, […], →OCLC, page 239:["]Ere yesterday," his choler rising at the mere recollection, "you picked every wan of the best Glory of John roses (Gloire de Dijon), and gave them to the lame girl at The Cross. Ye ought to be ashamed of yourself! See now!"
1883, B[ithia] M[ary] Croker, “My Fate is Fixed”, in Pretty Miss Neville. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 115: