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English
Etymology
From yester- + tide (“time, season, period”).
Noun
yestertide (uncountable)
- A time period previous to the present; the past.
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Adverb
yestertide (not comparable)
- In times past, at a prior time; in the past.
1905, Dr. Frederick H. Williams, “Fair Cooling Spray, O Lovely Sea!”, in The Connecticut Magazine, volume 9, number 3, page frontispiece:Fair cooling spray, oh, lovely sea! / How maiden coy thy changing mood; / To-night thou'rt sweet with smiles for me, / Scarce yestertide I vainly wooed / Thy fretful features for a smile, / Naught could for me one thought beguile.
1889, Alfred Austin, The Human Tragedy:And loudly to her lovers called, to leap To arms for her sore sake, that yestertide In her delight delighted, and drank deep Of her lascivious wine-cups, […]
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