yestermorn

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adverb

During the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning.

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OriginEnglish morn ← Middle English yister- →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adverbyestermorn (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableDuring the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning.First known use 18th c.

    Kate, I must make a confession... I, yestermorn, I took Caleb to The Wood.

    2015, Robert Eggers, The Witch (Horror; motion picture), spoken by William (Ralph Ineson), set in New England during the 1630s with dialogue written to reflect the time period
    2 more examples

    But yeſter-morn', whoſe houſe was ſo great, ſo flouriſhing as Manfreds?

    1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter II, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 70

    "That, Clara," I said, "is the gate, that the street which yestermorn your father rode up."

    1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 88
nounyestermorn (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe morning of yesterday.First known use 18th c.

    By the wisdom of the centuries I speak— / To the tune of yestermorn I set the truth— / I, the joy of life unquestioned—I, the Greek— / I, the everlasting Wonder Song of Youth!

    1896, Rudyard Kipling, “[The Seven Seas.] The Song of the Banjo.”, in The Seven Seas, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 84
    1 more example

    The sad accident at Lyme was soon the prevailing topic; and on comparing their latest accounts of the invalid, it appeared that each lady dated her intelligence from the same hour of yester morn, […]

    1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume IV, London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC, page 13

    Synonyms: yestermorning

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe morning of yesterday.

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishyister-
  2. Englishyester-
  3. Englishmorn
  4. Englishyestermorn

From yester- + morn.

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