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yestereven

yestereven adverb: synonym of yestereve.

Adverb

yestereven (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of yestereve.
    • “Wert thou not in presence yester-even,” said De Bracy, “when we heard the Prior Aymer tell us a tale in reply to the romance which was sung by the Minstrel? […]”1820, Walter Scott, chapter 15, in Ivanhoe
    Synonyms:
    yestereve, list in yestereve

Synonyms of yestereven

Forms of yestereven

alternative formyester-even

Origin of yestereven

From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yesterevening (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + even (“evening”).

Questions about yestereven

What does yestereven mean?
Yestereven means synonym of yestereve.
What part of speech is yestereven?
Yestereven is an adverb.

Words near yestereven in the dictionary

  1. yesterdom
  2. yestere'en
  3. yestereen
  4. yestereens
  5. yestereve
  6. yestereven
  7. yesterevening
  8. yestereves
  9. yesterfang
  10. yestergay
  11. yestergays

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