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yester-millennium en · ADV

Etymology

From yester- + millennium.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, rare) From a millennium ago; from a previous millennium.
   • The Unknown City has all your old faves from yester-millennium (tunnels, scandals, gossip), plus mucho new content: grouchy three-eyed mystics, vanishing modernist architecture, nutty mascots, lip-synching drag queens, and so much more. 2001, James Martin, Calgary, The Unknown City, page 9:
   • After all: those who are leaders in religious matters stand amidst the con- creteness of today and although the ethical answers of yesterday, yesteryear, yester century and yester millennium can and in many cases will be inspirational, they are no blue print. 2003, Bert Roebben, L. van der Tuin, Practical Theology and the Interpretation of Crossing Boundaries, Essays in Honour of Professor M.P.J. Van Knippenberg, page 135:
   • The repeat worm plague that came on Lotus Island in a way resembled the plague of locusts in old Egypt and Kindersley from yester-millennium and yesteryear. 2016, Jim Warren, Listen to Your Garden, Hidden Dimensions:
   • 'Oh, I know,' fussed Lemuel, 'there's all that primary warp nonsense, but that's so yester-millennium, Mevrad. 2012, Benjamin J. Myers, The Spiral Horizon, Book 6:

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yestermonth · yesteryear