Tib's Eve

proper noun

A supposed future time that will never arrive.

“Marry you? I'll marry you on Tib's Eve!”

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative St. Tibb's Eve · alternative St. Tib's Eve · alternative Tibb's Eve

  1. UKobsoleteslangA supposed future time that will never arrive.

    Marry you? I'll marry you on Tib's Eve!

Origin

After Tib (or Tibb), a fictional woman of loose morals in 17th-century English plays. Such a woman would not be a saint and so there was no Saint Tib and therefore no Tib's Eve.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Tib's Eve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tib's%20Eve

MLA

“Tib's Eve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tib's%20Eve. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tib's Eve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tib's%20Eve.

Source: Tib's Eve on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.