yester
adjective
of or relating to yesterday.
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yester
1 American
[yes-ter]
/ ˈyɛs tər /
adjective
Archaic.
yester-
2
American
yester-
1
British
prefix
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indicating the day before today
yesterday
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indicating a period of time before the present one
yesteryear
yester
2
British
/ ˈjɛstə /
adjective
Usage
What does yester- mean? Yester- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “prior” or "previous." It is very occasionally used in a variety of terms, many archaic, to describe time periods. Yester- comes from Old English geostran, roughly meaning “yesterday.”
Etymology
Origin of yester1
1570–80; back formation from yesterday, etc.
Origin of yester-2
Middle English; Old English geostran, giestron; cognate with Dutch gisteren, German gestern; akin to Latin hesternus of yesterday
Example Sentences
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These are not the words of the enthusiastic reformer of yester year � and for good reason.
From Time Magazine Archive
What now is will then tomorrow as now was be past yester ...
From Time Magazine Archive
There be one here who hath waited since yester e’en to see you.”
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer
They goed away yester morgen to live where the oxen get grass.
From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne
“This is the lady to whom I was wedded yester evening,” replied Sir Gawayne.
From Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
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