What does "yestertide" mean?

A time period previous to the present; the past.

What is a synonym for "yestertide"?

Common synonyms include: beforehand, eld, foreday, foretime, formerly, old days.

Yestertide

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Definitions

Noun

1
A time period previous to the present; the past. uncountable

Adverb

1
In times past, at a prior time; in the past. not-comparable
"And loudly to her lovers called, to leap To arms for her sore sake, that yestertide In her delight delighted, and drank deep Of her lascivious wine-cups, […]"

Synonyms

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beforehand eld foreday foretime formerly old days

Example

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"And loudly to her lovers called, to leap To arms for her sore sake, that yestertide In her delight delighted, and drank deep Of her lascivious wine-cups, […]"

Etymology

From yester- + tide (“time, season, period”).

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