yestertime

noun, adv — 2 senses

yestertime

noun

Etymology From yester- + time.

1

Time previous to the present; the past.

Synonyms: foretime, yestertide

yestertime

adv

Etymology From yester- + time.

1

In times past, at a prior time; in the past.

And at last I came back to me, after sailing on surgeful waves; at this moment, between the Present and the Future, the Past and the Present, — forgetting what the world was, yestertime,—forgetting what I was, yestertime.1920, Yoné Noguchi, Seen & unseen, or, Monologues of a homeless snail:

Synonyms: beforehand, yestertide

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