Yestereve

adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Yesterday evening. archaic

    "Only yestereve, you wot, one of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms came limping to us with the news of the awful carnage the foul fiend had wrought on his master's household."

Adverb
  1. 1
    yesterday evening. not-comparable

Synonyms

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last nightlast nightlast nightyesterdayyesterday nightyesterday night

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"Only yestereve, you wot, one of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms came limping to us with the news of the awful carnage the foul fiend had wrought on his master's household."

Etymology

From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yestereven (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + eve (“evening”).

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