"nudiusterian" and "egge"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Jan 12 19:46:47 UTC 2013


My sincere apologies!  I had looked at the OED
but missed this because I had mistyped the word without noticing.

Joel

At 1/12/2013 01:50 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
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>The OED has an entry for nudiustertian.
>Wiktionary has an entry for nudiustertian based on the OED. Here is a link.
>
>http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nudiustertian
>
>Here is the OED etymology but the text/font may be scrambled in transit:
>
>nudiustertian, adj.
>
>Etymology:  < classical Latin nudiustertiānus (2nd cent. a.d.) <
>nudius tertius the day before yesterday, lit. ‘today the third day’,
>counting inclusively ( < nudius ( < nu- ( < the same Indo-European
>base as now adv.) + diūs , old nominative form subsequently replaced
>by diēs : see diurnal adj. and n.) + tertius third: see tertius adj.)
>+ -ānus -an suffix.
>
>Obs. rare - 1.
>
>   Of or relating to the day before yesterday.
>
>1647   N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 26   When I heare a..Gentledame
>inquire..what [is] the nudiustertian fashion of the Court; I mean the
>very newest.
>
>On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > I have just come upon a commentary on "The Simple Cobler" that reads
> > "nudiusterian" as two words, meaning "day before yesterday".  Agreed?
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >>Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:49:07 -0500
> >>To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at att.net>
> >>Subject: "nudiusterian" and "egge"
> >>
> >>In The Simple Cobler of Aggavvamm, Nathaniel Ward wrote "but when I
> >>heare a nugiperous Gentledame inquire what dresse the Queen is in
> >>this week : what the nudiusterian fashion of the Court; with egge to
> >>be in it in all haste, whatever it be; I look at her as the very
> >>gizzard of a trifle [and so forth]."  (4th ed., 1647, p. 26.)
> >>
> >>Is there a consensus on what Ward meant by "nudiusterian"?  I'd like
> >>it to be something like "newest, most recent".
> >>
> >>And I suppose "egge" is "eager".
> >>
> >>Joel
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