Meanings
plural yester-morrows · alternative yestermorrow · alternative yester morrow
- archaicpoeticA morning of a previous day or time.
An ordinary passing day, One much like yester-morrow, Shed its light in timeless gray And all its simple sorrow.
1994, The Collected Poetry of J.A. Giunta, volume II, published 20112 more examples
The nightwind, ah, nightwind shall fetch one the scent. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night! The nightingale's sorrow that ends with the light Brings, grieved, no love nearer, alas, to the sight. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night!
1961, Raymond Ellsworth Larsson, Book Like a Bow CurvedI'll just put it back when I get home,” he thought, not at all suspecting it might be many long yester-morrows again before that might be so.
2014, Doug Cariou, Once Upon an Island
Origin
- Middle Englishyester morow
- Englishyester-morrow
From Middle English yester morow; equivalent to yester- + morrow. Compare Dutch gistermorgen, German gestern Morgen.
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