Prehesternal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to past time earlier than yesterday. not-comparable

    "There are two past tenses, a hodiernal-hesternal tense used to refer to 'today' and 'yesterday', and a prehesternal tense used to refer to 'before yesterday', as in the following examples:"

Example

More examples

"There are two past tenses, a hodiernal-hesternal tense used to refer to 'today' and 'yesterday', and a prehesternal tense used to refer to 'before yesterday', as in the following examples:"

Etymology

From pre- + hesternal.

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