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

Dear Lucinius, yestereve we linger'd Scrawling fancies, a hundred, in my tablets, Wits in combat; a treaty this between us.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

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)

So we grew weary past bearing of the shut-up house, and yestereve our father gave us leave to sally forth and seek news of thee, good aunt.

From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn

But yestereve the winter trees Reared leafless, blackly bare, Their twigs and branches poignant-marked Upon the sunset-flare.

From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton

Dead Simonides of Ceos, late restored, Given again of God, again by man deplored, Shone but yestereve, a glory frail as breath.

From Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles