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overmorrow

adv
/ˌəʊvəˈmɒɹəʊ/CA

Etymology

PIE word *upér The adverb is derived from over- (prefix meaning ‘above, higher’) + morrow, probably a calque of German übermorgen (adverb) (compare also Übermorgen (noun)), from Middle High German übermorgen, from Old High German ubar morgan, ubar morgana, from obar, ubar (“above”) + morgan, morgana (“morning”). The noun and adjective are derived from the adverb. Cognates * Danish overmorgen * Dutch overmorgen * Middle Low German övermorgen

  1. derived from ubar morgan
  2. derived from übermorgen
  3. calqued from übermorgen

Definitions

  1. On the day after tomorrow.

    • "Yes, I will come, but it will take a few more days to clear up Delegation business. Can I follow you on Wednesday? Yours, [Arthur] McManus." / "We can go not overmorrow, but on Thursday."
    • Sinowjeff and myself go to Caucasus overmorrow. Will you with us? Wi kan not understand as necessary differences in the english party without the language. […] Excuse my for this analphabetical letter, […]

  2. The day after tomorrow.

    • My members borrow / A thrill from wild Walpurgis-night: / It comes round on the overmorrow— / Then why we wake we know aright.
    • She's been missing for days and now Ēostre is on the overmorrow.
    • The gesith demands an audience with the new thegn-heir, by over-morrow. If this does not happen, the gesith of Katla has decreed his place and its inhabitants be seen as invaders and dealt with as such.

  3. Of or relating to the day after tomorrow.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA