yesternight
/ˈjɛstə(ɹ)naɪt/
yesternight adverb: last night.
Adverb
yesternight (not comparable)
- Last night.
- He tooke his rouſe with ſtopes of Rhenniſh wine / So kindly yeſternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the ſluggard kéepes his bed.1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, signature...
- What man was he talk'd with you yesternight / Out at your window betwixt twelve and one?1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- list in yestereve
Noun
yesternight (plural yesternights)
- A preceding night.
yesternight meaning in Tamil and Urdu
yesternight in Tamil
- நேற்று இரவு, நேற்றிரவில்
yesternight in Urdu
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Examples of yesternight in a sentence
- It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:29:
- [W]hen the Templar crossed the hall yesternight, he spoke to his Mussulman slaves in the Saracen language, which I well understand, and charged them this morning to watch the journey of the Jew […]1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VI, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III)...
- [S]he has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years—incessantly—remorselessly—till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XXIX, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II)...
- I came here yesternight for a call of nature and to do what none can do for me […]1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, chapter XXII, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments...
Synonyms of yesternight
- list in yestereve
Forms of yesternight
| plural | yesternights |
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Origin of yesternight
From Middle English yesternyght, yisternight, from Old English ġiestranniht (“yesternight”), equivalent to yester- + night.
Questions about yesternight
- What does yesternight mean?
- Yesternight means last night.
- What is yesternight in Tamil?
- Yesternight in Tamil is நேற்று இரவு, நேற்றிரவில். See Yesternight meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use yesternight in a sentence?
- It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- What part of speech is yesternight?
- Yesternight can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce yesternight?
- Yesternight is pronounced /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)naɪt/.
Words near yesternight in the dictionary
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