yestereve

American  

[yes-ter-eev] / ˈjɛs tərˈiv /

noun

Archaic.

1. yesterevening.

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Etymology

Origin of yestereve

First recorded in 1595–1605; yester- + eve

Example Sentences

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yestereve

Shame to have sinned against the light Confounds not but impels his tongue to unsay What yestereve he swore.

From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Upon the disc of Love's bright planet fell A darkness yestereve, and from your lips I heard cold words; then came a swift eclipse Of joy at meeting on hope's it-is-well.

From A Lover's Diary, Complete by Parker, Gilbert

One yestereve, in the waning light, When the wind was still and the gloaming bright, There came a breath from a far countrie, And the ghost of a Little House called to me.

From The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman by Inchfawn, Fay

And now she watches the pathway, As yestereve she had done; But what does she see so strange and black Against the rising sun?

From Eric or, Under the Sea by Samuels, S. B. C. (Susan Blagge Caldwell)

When they had gone some distance, the good man asked his wife, 'What befell of our young woman, who came thither yestereve?

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John