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Yesteryear

//ˈjɛstərjɪər// adv, noun

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In past years. not-comparable, poetic

    "Was it yesteryear or centuries ago that the Orient Express thundered over that narrow, glistening channel and linked the Golden Horn to the Seine?"

Noun
  1. 1
    Past years; time gone by; yore. countable, poetic, uncountable

    "To be old here, is to be respectable, and time-honored is the epithet most coveted. You see no sign of the doings of yesterday or yesteryear: the new is careful of obtruding itself, and comes into the world under matronage of the old."

  2. 2
    the time that has elapsed wordnet
  3. 3
    Last year. countable, rare, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From yester- + year.

Etymology 2

From yester- + year.

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