overmorrow

English

Etymology

A calque of German übermorgen; equivalent to over- +‎ morrow. Compare Dutch overmorgen, German übermorgen, Swedish övermorgon, Danish overmorgen, Norwegian Bokmål overmorgen (also overimorgen), Norwegian Nynorsk overmorgon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.vəˌmɒɹəʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.vɚˌmɔɹoʊ/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌmɑɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ

Adverb

overmorrow (not comparable)

1. (archaic) On the day after tomorrow.

   Antonym: (obsolete) ereyesterday

   • 1535, Myles Coverdale, The Byble, that is, the Holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Teſtament, faythfully tranſlated into Englyſhe‎^[1], Tobit 8:4, page D.iiij:

     Thē ſpake Tobias unto the virgin, and ſayde: Up Sara, let us make oure prayer unto 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 y^e deutye of mariage.

     Then spake Tobias unto the virgin, and said: Up Sara, let us make our prayer unto God today, tomorrow, and overmorrow: for these three nights will we reconcile ourselves with God, and when the third holy night is past, we shall join together in the duty of marriage.

   • 1925, Parliamentary Debates: Official Report‎^[2], volume 188, H.M. Stationery Off., page iv:

     We can go not overmorrow, but on Thursday.

   • 1969, James Klugman, quoting Bucharin, History of the Communist Party of Great Britain: The General Strike, 1925-1927‎^[3], volume 2, London: Lawrence & Wishart, page 73:

     Sinowjeff and myself go to Caucasus overmorrow.

Translations

on the day after tomorrow — see day after tomorrow

Noun

overmorrow (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The day after tomorrow.

   Antonym: (obsolete) ereyesterday

   • 1898, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Thos. E. Webb, The first part of the Tragedy of Faust in English, Longmans, Green and Co., page 197:

     My prescient limbs already borrow
     From rare Walpurgis-night a glow :
     It comes round on the overmorrow [translating übermorgen] —
     Then why we are awake we know.

Translations

day after tomorrow — see day after tomorrow

See also

• in three days
• last night
• nudiustertian (of the day before yesterday)
• today
• tomorrow
• tomorrow night
• tonight
• yesterday

References

• “overmorrow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.