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wednesday |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wednesday \Wednes"day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei AS W[=o]dnes d[ae]g, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of L. dies Mercurii); fr W[=o]den the highest god of the Teutonic peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to OS W[=o]dan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. O[eth]inn, D. woensdag Wednesday, Icel. [=o][eth]insdagr, Dan. & Sw onsdag See {Day}, and cf {Woden}, {Wood}, a.] The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday. {Ash Wednesday}. See in the Vocabulary. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Wednesday n : the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: {Wednesday}, {Wed}]
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