Yestern

adj, adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Yesterday. archaic

    "Yestern was the day of hail, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to yesterday. archaic, not-comparable, rare

    "Argos, I fear, will pay us soon again Her yestern debt[…]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    Yesterday. archaic, not-comparable

    ""F. Newman's book I saw yestern at our ouse," Arnold writes to Clough. "He seems to have written himself down an hass."

Example

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"Argos, I fear, will pay us soon again Her yestern debt[…]"

Etymology

Perhaps from yester + -en. Compare also Old English ġiestran (“yesterday”).

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