yestereven
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yesterevening (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + even (“evening”).
Adverb[edit]
yestereven (not comparable)
- (archaic) Synonym of yestereve
- 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 15, in Ivanhoe[1]:
- “Wert thou not in presence yester-even,” said De Bracy, “when we heard the Prior Aymer tell us a tale in reply to the romance which was sung by the Minstrel? […] ”
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Synonyms[edit]
- see list in yestereve
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