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Tuesday
Tues·day / ˈt(y)oōzˌdā/ • n. the day of the week before Wednesday and following Monday: come to dinner on Tuesday the following Tuesday| [as adj.] Tuesday afternoons. • adv. on Tuesday: they're all leaving Tuesday. ∎ (Tuesdays) on Tuesdays; each Tuesday: she works late Tuesdays. |
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"Tuesday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tuesday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tuesday.html "Tuesday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tuesday.html |
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Tuesday
Tuesday the day of the week before Wednesday and following Monday. In Old English the form of the word was Tīwesdæg named after the Germanic god Tīw (associated with Mars); translation of Latin dies Marti ‘day of Mars’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Tuesday." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Tuesday." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Tuesday.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Tuesday." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Tuesday.html |
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Tuesday OE. Tiwesdæġ = OHG. zīestag, ON. tý(r)sdagr; f. g. of Tīw ( = OHG. Zīo, ON. Týr), name of a Gmc. god identified with Mars:- Gmc. *Tīwaz, cogn. with L. deus.
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T. F. HOAD. "Tuesday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "Tuesday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Tuesday.html T. F. HOAD. "Tuesday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Tuesday.html |
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Tuesday
Tuesday see week . |
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"Tuesday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tuesday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Tuesday.html "Tuesday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Tuesday.html |
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Tuesday
•Allende, duende
•Wednesday
•heyday, mayday, payday
•bidet • weekday • Halliday • holiday
•Friday • Hobday • washday • Corday
•magna cum laude, summa cum laude
•Daudet, démodé
•noonday • Tuesday
•Domesday, doomsday
•Yaoundé • someday
•Monday, sundae, Sunday
•Muscadet • workaday • faraday
•Saturday • yesterday • workday
•birthday • Thursday
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"Tuesday." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tuesday." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Tuesday.html "Tuesday." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Tuesday.html |
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