Overmorrow
adj, adv, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The day after tomorrow. archaic
"My members borrow / A thrill from wild Walpurgis-night: / It comes round on the overmorrow— / Then why we wake we know aright."
- 1 Of or relating to the day after tomorrow. archaic, not-comparable, rare
"For thou néedeſt not by thy morrowe and ouermorrowe delayes to augment his diſcommoditie ⁊ [and] hinderance any longer, from whom thou haſt by thy ſubtile meanes and wicked violence, wreſted the goodes that he hath, conſidering yͭ [that] he to his loſſe hath lacked them long enough, ⁊ béen without them too too long God wott."
- 1 On the day after tomorrow. archaic, not-comparable
"Thẽ [then] ſpake Tobias vnto the virgin, and ſayde: Vp Sara, let vs make oure prayer vnto God to daye, tomorow, and ouermorow: for theſe thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure ſelues with God: and whan the thirde holy night is paſt, we ſhall ioyne together in yͤ deutye of mariage."
Example
More examples"Thẽ [then] ſpake Tobias vnto the virgin, and ſayde: Vp Sara, let vs make oure prayer vnto God to daye, tomorow, and ouermorow: for theſe thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure ſelues with God: and whan the thirde holy night is paſt, we ſhall ioyne together in yͤ deutye of mariage."
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
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