yestereve
English
Etymology
From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yestereven (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + even (“evening”).
Noun
yestereve (plural yestereves)
- (archaic) Yesterday evening.
- 1927, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Outlaw of Torn, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
- Only yestereve, you wot, one of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms came limping to us with the news of the awful carnage the foul fiend had wrought on his master's household.
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Synonyms
- yestereven
- yesterevening
- yestreen
- last night
- yesternight
- yesterday night
Adverb
yestereve (not comparable)
- (During) yesterday evening.
Synonyms
- yestereven
- yesterevening
- yestreen
- last night
- yesternight
- yesterday night
Related terms
- yesterday
- yesteryear