yester

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US/ˈjɛs.tɚ/UK/ˈjɛs.tə/

adverb

Yesterday.

“yester eve, yester even(ing), yester morning”

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lastyesterday
OriginMiddle English yester ← Old English ġeostran →
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Meanings

adverbyester (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableYesterday.
adjectiveyester (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableOf or pertaining to yesterday.

    yester eve, yester even(ing), yester morning

    Synonyms: last, yesterday

nounyester (countable and uncountable, plural yesters)

plural yesters

  1. archaiccountableuncountableYesterday.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to yesterday.

Similar
lastyesterday

Origin

  1. Old Englishġeostran“yesterday”
  2. Middle Englishyester
  3. Englishyester

From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English ġeostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

yester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yester

MLA

“yester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yester. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yester,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yester.

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