yestertide

yestertide

English

Etymology

From yester- +‎ tide (“time, season, period”).

Noun

yestertide (uncountable)

1. A time period previous to the present; the past.

Adverb

yestertide (not comparable)

1. In times past, at a prior time; in the past.
   • 1905, Felch, Atwell, Arms, The Connecticut magazine: Volume 9:

     How maiden coy thy changing mood; To-night thou'rt sweet with smiles for me, Scarce yestertide I vainly wooed Thy fretful features for a smile, Naught could for me one thought beguile.

   • 1889, Alfred Austin, The human tragedy:

     And loudly to her lovers called, to leap To arms for her sore sake, that yestertide In her delight delighted, and drank deep Of her lascivious wine-cups, [...]

Synonyms

• yestertime