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yestermonth

yestermonth adverb: last month; a few months ago.

Adverb

yestermonth (not comparable)

  1. Last month; a few months ago.
    • Since England was a nation every mood / Her scribes have prepositionally split; / But thine avoidance dates from yestermonth.1901, George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville: Or, Constancy Unrewarded; Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession, page 20
    • A little like the self-contradictory tag line “Instant Classic,” this series is infused with nowadays nostalgia, a trip back not to yesteryear but yestermonth.2009 January 26, Alessandra Stanley, “A Fictional Ad Agency That Really Hawks [Your Product Name Here]”, in New York Times

Forms of yestermonth

alternative formyester-month
alternative formyester month

Origin of yestermonth

From yester- + month.

Questions about yestermonth

What does yestermonth mean?
Yestermonth means last month; a few months ago.
What part of speech is yestermonth?
Yestermonth is an adverb.

Words near yestermonth in the dictionary

  1. yestergay
  2. yestergays
  3. yesterly
  4. yestermillennium
  5. yesterminute
  6. yestermonth
  7. yestermorn
  8. yestermorning
  9. yestermorrow
  10. yestermorrows
  11. yestern

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