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yestercentury

yestercentury adverb: in the century preceding the current century.

Adverb

yestercentury (not comparable)

  1. In the century preceding the current century.

Noun

yestercentury (uncountable)

  1. The previous century, the last century before the current one.
    • Yet the creeds of yestercentury remain.1920 July, D. R. Piper, “Have we any user for creeds”, in Homiletic Review, volume 80, page 5

Origin of yestercentury

From yester- + century.

Questions about yestercentury

What does yestercentury mean?
Yestercentury means in the century preceding the current century.
What part of speech is yestercentury?
Yestercentury can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near yestercentury in the dictionary

  1. yester-month
  2. yester-morrow
  3. yester-morrows
  4. yester-year
  5. yester-years
  6. yestercentury
  7. yesterdawn
  8. yesterdawns
  9. yesterday
  10. yesterday but one
  11. yesterday is gone

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