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

Twelve snails went walking yestereve, Led by their fat old king.

From The Congo and Other Poems by Lindsay, Vachel

It is time, my son, that thou learned an answer to such questions as were put to thee yestereve by the pigs of Henry.

From The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

When yestereve was on the wane, I heard a clear voice singing So sweetly that, like summer-rain, My happy tears came springing: My human heart returned again.

From Three Sunsets and Other Poems by Carroll, Lewis

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

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