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English
Etymology
From Middle English yesternyght, yisternight, from Old English ġiestranniht (“yesternight”), equivalent to yester- + night.
Pronunciation
Adverb
yesternight (not comparable)
- (archaic) Last night.
1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 31:29:It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
1820, Walter Scott, chapter 6, in Ivanhoe:[…] when the Templar crossed the hall yesternight, he spoke to his Mussulman slaves in the Saracen language, which I well understand, and charged them this morning to watch the journey of the Jew […]
1847, Emily Brontë, chapter 29, in Wuthering Heights:[…] she has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years—incessantly—remorselessly—till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil.
1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 228:I came here yesternight for a call of nature and to do what none can do for me[.]
Synonyms
Noun
yesternight (plural yesternights)
- (archaic) A preceding night.