yesternight

American  

[yes-ter-nahyt] / ˈyɛs tərˈnaɪt /

noun

1. last night.

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adverb

1. during last night.

Etymology

Origin of yesternight

before 900; Middle English; Old English gystran niht. See yester-, night

Example Sentences

Said she, "Beware, Sir Gunther, remember yesternight; Be pleas'd not to disturb me; wake not my wrath anew, Or at my hands your folly you bitterly shall rue."

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Ah! happy was I yesternight     I trod the paths of love Within Elysian fields of bliss,     Enchanted bowers above.

From Verses of Feeling and Fancy by MacKeracher, Wm. M.

Ah, ah! "honest Roland," perhaps thou didst help her to the terrace key o' yesternight; and it was "kind Roland, fetch me"—oh, her pretty spaniel was it, "Master Roland?" roland.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

I had thought it was safe in the pocket of my hose until late yesternight, but then I minded that ere I left the ship I put it into my wallet.

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

The Secretary of the States here shewed me a Letter yesternight, that the Town spends 6000 pound of powder a day, and hath spent since the siege 250m pounds.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John