nudiustertian

The title page of Nathaniel Ward's book The Simple Cobler of Aggawamm in America (4th ed., 1647). The word nudiustertian, which Ward coined, appeared in the first edition of the book published in the same year.

Meaning

Adjective

  • Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.

Origin

  • From Latin nudius tertius, from the phrase nunc dies tertius est (“now is the third day”). Coined by Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652) in The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America (1647).

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