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yestertide en · ADV

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In times past, at a prior time; in the past.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Synonyms

beforehand · yestertime

yestertide en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A time period previous to the present; the past.

Synonyms

foretime · yestertime