ereyesterday

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ereyesterday

/ɛəˈjɛstədeɪ/ UK
/ɛəɹˈjɛstəɹdeɪ/ US

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From ere (“before”, preposition) + yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Polish przedwczoraj, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs.

adverb

Scotland, not comparable On the day before yesterday. […] 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; […]
Opposite: overmorrow

noun

Scotland, uncountable The day before yesterday. And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce, ⁊ beholde, it was not towarde him as yeſterdaye and yeryeſterdaye.

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@misc{ereyesterday_2026,
  title = {ereyesterday},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ereyesterday},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}