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yesterdawn

yesterdawn noun: the dawn of yesterday.

Noun

yesterdawn (plural yesterdawns)

  1. The dawn of yesterday.
    • They come to me from the years agone, Like echoes from far away :Like sunbeams that faded at yesterdawn, Like the glory of yesterday.1904, Religious Telescope - Volume 70, page 1226
    • Who split the kola of words In the silence of yesterdawns?1991, Africa World Review, page 32

Adverb

yesterdawn (comparative more yesterdawn, superlative most yesterdawn)

  1. At dawn on yesterday.
    • But, now I know you love the lass, I'll say I saw her yesterdawn as blooming as her name.1905, Weymer Jay Mills, Caroline of Courtlandt Street, page 214
    • But yesterdawn the old joy came back to me.1968, John Drinkwater, Cophetua, page 83

Examples of yesterdawn in a sentence

  • We've fasted when no fasting was prescribed, having been on our way since yesterdawn."2000, Luigi Pulci, Edoardo Lèbano, Morgante: The Epic Adventures of Orlando and His Giant Friend Morgante, →ISBN:
  • “And we, too, are weaker than we were at yesterdawn."2006, Rachel Lee, Shadows Of Prophecy, →ISBN, page 310:

Forms of yesterdawn

Noun
pluralyesterdawns
Adverb
comparativemore yesterdawn
superlativemost yesterdawn

Origin of yesterdawn

From yester- + dawn.

Questions about yesterdawn

What does yesterdawn mean?
Yesterdawn means the dawn of yesterday.
How do you use yesterdawn in a sentence?
We've fasted when no fasting was prescribed, having been on our way since yesterdawn."
What part of speech is yesterdawn?
Yesterdawn can be a noun or an adverb.
What is the plural of yesterdawn?
The plural of yesterdawn is yesterdawns.

Words near yesterdawn in the dictionary

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

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