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

Are they not those same tidings Which yestereve a courier bore to Pushkin?

From Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Hayes, Alfred

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

"My lord," said he to Kenric, who was sitting in the great hall with the abbot Godfrey Thurstan, "I have a strange thing to tell of an adventure that befell me yestereve."

From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert

And Lynette said: "Methought thou hadst enough of adventure yestereve when that same White Knight rolled thee down into the dust and beat thee in a fair fight afterward."

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard

Shame to have sinned against the light Confounds not but impels his tongue to unsay What yestereve he swore.

From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles