Meanings
alternative yester-even
- archaicnot comparableSynonym of yestereve.
“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? […]”
1820, Walter Scott, chapter 15, in IvanhoeSynonyms: yestereve, list in yestereve
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of yestereve.
Origin
- Old Englishġiestranǣfen“yesterday evening”
- Middle Englishyester even
- Englishyestereven
From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yesterevening (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + even (“evening”).
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