Meanings
adverbyestermonth (not comparable)
alternative yester-month · alternative yester month
- not comparableLast month; a few months ago.
Since England was a nation every mood / Her scribes have prepositionally split; / But thine avoidance dates from yestermonth.
1901, George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville: Or, Constancy Unrewarded; Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession, page 201 more example
A little like the self-contradictory tag line “Instant Classic,” this series is infused with nowadays nostalgia, a trip back not to yesteryear but yestermonth.
2009 January 26, Alessandra Stanley, “A Fictional Ad Agency That Really Hawks [Your Product Name Here]”, in New York Times
Origin
- Middle Englishyister-
- Englishyester-
- Englishmonth
- Englishyestermonth
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APA
yestermonth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yestermonth
MLA
“yestermonth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yestermonth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yestermonth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yestermonth.
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