yester-minute

adverb

The very recent past; minutes ago.

OriginEnglish minute ← Middle English yister- →
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Meanings

adverbyester-minute (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThe very recent past; minutes ago.

    thus it includes not only yesterday but yester-hour and yester-minute; this morning’s breakfast is already history

    2007, JW Herbert, “FREEDOM IN THE TEACHING OF HISTORY: A DISCUSSION”, in History
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    To some, nothing is older than a minutes-old Web page (to update the old saw about a day-old newspaper), but for others there is value in the Web sites of yester-minute and archivists have been wrestling with means of preserving today's Internet for tomorrow's scholars and researchers.

    2008 April 7, J. Scott Orr, “Trying to preserve today's Web for future generations”, in Seattle Times

Origin

  1. Middle Englishyister-
  2. Englishyester-
  3. Englishminute
  4. Englishyester-minute

From yester- + minute.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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