yesternight
nounEtymology From Middle English yesternyght, yisternight, from Old English ġiestranniht (“yesternight”), equivalent to yester- + night.
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Archaic A preceding night.
yesternight
adv/ˈjɛstə(ɹ)naɪt/
Etymology From Middle English yesternyght, yisternight, from Old English ġiestranniht (“yesternight”), equivalent to yester- + night.
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Archaic Last night.
- What man was he talk'd with you yesternight Out at your window betwixt twelve and one?c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act IV, scene 1:
- It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 31:29:
3 more examples
- […] when the Templar crossed the hall yesternight, he spoke to his Mussulman slaves in the Saracen language, which I well understand, and charged them this morning to watch the journey of the Jew […]1820, Walter Scott, chapter 6, in Ivanhoe:
- […] she has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years—incessantly—remorselessly—till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil.1847, Emily Brontë, chapter 29, in Wuthering Heights:
- I came here yesternight for a call of nature and to do what none can do for me[.]1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 228:
- Synonyms
- list in yestereve
- Related terms
- yesterday, yesteryear