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yestertide

yestertide noun: a time period previous to the present; the past.

Noun

yestertide (uncountable)

  1. A time period previous to the present; the past.
    Synonyms:
    foretime

Adverb

yestertide (not comparable)

  1. In times past, at a prior time; in the past.
    • And loudly to her lovers called, to leap To arms for her sore sake, that yestertide In her delight delighted, and drank deep Of her lascivious wine-cups, […]1889, Alfred Austin, The Human Tragedy
    • Fair cooling spray, oh, lovely sea! / How maiden coy thy changing mood; / To-night thou'rt sweet with smiles for me, / Scarce yestertide I vainly wooed / Thy fretful features for a smile, / Naught could for me one thought beguile.1905, Dr. Frederick H. Williams, “Fair Cooling Spray, O Lovely Sea!”, in The Connecticut Magazine, volume 9, number 3, page frontispiece
    Synonyms:
    beforehand

Synonyms of yestertide

Origin of yestertide

From yester- + tide (“time, season, period”).

Questions about yestertide

What does yestertide mean?
Yestertide means a time period previous to the present; the past.
What part of speech is yestertide?
Yestertide can be a noun or an adverb.

Words near yestertide in the dictionary

  1. yesters
  2. yesterseason
  3. yestersol
  4. yestersols
  5. yestertech
  6. yestertide
  7. yestertime
  8. yestertimes
  9. yesterweek
  10. yesteryear
  11. yesteryears

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