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

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

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

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

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

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