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yester-millennium

yester-millennium adverb: from a millennium ago; from a previous millennium.

Adverb

yester-millennium (not comparable)

  1. (rare) From a millennium ago; from a previous millennium.
    • The Unknown City has all your old faves from yester-millennium (tunnels, scandals, gossip), plus mucho new content: grouchy three-eyed mystics, vanishing modernist architecture, nutty mascots, lip-synching drag queens, and so much more.2001, James Martin, Calgary, The Unknown City, page 9
    • After all: those who are leaders in religious matters stand amidst the con- creteness of today and although the ethical answers of yesterday, yesteryear, yester century and yester millennium can and in many cases will be inspirational, they are no blue print.2003, Bert Roebben, L. van der Tuin, Practical Theology and the Interpretation of Crossing Boundaries, Essays in Honour of Professor M.P.J. Van Knippenberg, page 135

Examples of yester-millennium in a sentence

  • 'Oh, I know,' fussed Lemuel, 'there's all that primary warp nonsense, but that's so yester-millennium, Mevrad.2012, Benjamin J. Myers, The Spiral Horizon, Book 6:
  • The repeat worm plague that came on Lotus Island in a way resembled the plague of locusts in old Egypt and Kindersley from yester-millennium and yesteryear.2016, Jim Warren, Listen to Your Garden, Hidden Dimensions:

Forms of yester-millennium

alternative formyestermillennium

Origin of yester-millennium

From yester- + millennium.

Questions about yester-millennium

What does yester-millennium mean?
Yester-millennium means from a millennium ago; from a previous millennium.
How do you use yester-millennium in a sentence?
'Oh, I know,' fussed Lemuel, 'there's all that primary warp nonsense, but that's so yester-millennium, Mevrad.
What part of speech is yester-millennium?
Yester-millennium is an adverb.

Words near yester-millennium in the dictionary

  1. yest
  2. yestaday
  3. yester
  4. yester month
  5. yester-
  6. yester-millennium
  7. yester-minute
  8. yester-month
  9. yester-morrow
  10. yester-morrows
  11. yester-year

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