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yester
1[ yes-ter ]
adjective
- of or relating to yesterday.
yester-
2- a combining form, now unproductive, occurring in words that denote an extent of time one period prior to the present period, the nature of the period being specified by the second element of the compound:
yesterweek.
yester-
1prefix
- indicating the day before today
yesterday
- indicating a period of time before the present one
yesteryear
yester
2/ ˈjɛstə /
adjective
- archaic.of or relating to yesterday Alsoyesternˈjɛstən
yester sun
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Example Sentences
This is the proper tone to use when dealing with elderly muttonheads; with the Harpers of yester year.
“I never set eyes on the madman before yester eve,” said his astonished companion.
Had it been yester evening, I would have met the best blade among these men at arms as blythely as ever I danced at a maypole.
While I addressed thee fair and subtile words on yester even, O sweet and incomparable knight!
He would not have to look back and compare his last term unfavourably with the glories of yester year.
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