yestereve

American  

[yes-ter-eev] / ˈyɛs tərˈiv /

noun

Archaic.

1. yesterevening.

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Etymology

Origin of yestereve

First recorded in 1595–1605; yester- + eve

Example Sentences

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

The wife, whose babe first smiled that day, The fair fond bride of yestereve, And aged sire and matron gray, Saw the loved warriors haste away, And deemed it sin to grieve.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

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

Then she said: “If you had heard me yestereve, I’m sure, my friend, You would say I am a champion who knows how to defend.”

From The Kingdom of Love by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

Then she said, "If you had heard me yestereve, I'm sure, my friend, You would say I am a champion who knows how to defend."

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn