yester-morrow

/ˈjɛstə(ɹ)ˌmɒɹəʊ/

noun

Yesterday morning.

Meanings

nounyester-morrow (plural yester-morrows)

plural yester-morrows · alternative yestermorrow · alternative yester morrow

  1. 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 2011
    2 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 Curved

    I'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

  1. Middle Englishyester morow
  2. Englishyester-morrow

From Middle English yester morow; equivalent to yester- + morrow. Compare Dutch gistermorgen, German gestern Morgen.

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