Tuesday

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Etymology

From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”).

This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.

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Noun

Tuesday (plural Tuesdays)

  2. The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
  3. (informal) An ordinary, unmemorable day.
    • 1994 December, Steven E. de Souza, directed by Steven E. de Souza, Street Fighter, spoken by Chun-Li, General M. Bison (Ming-Na Wen,Raúl Juliá), Universal Pictures, →ISBN:
      Chun-Li: My father saved his village at the cost of his own life. You had him shot as you ran away. A hero at a thousand paces.
      M. Bison: ...I'm sorry. I don't remember any of it.
      Chun-Li: You don't remember?!
      Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

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Tuesday (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Tuesday.

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