yester

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English geostran (yesterday). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (yesterday), German gestern (yesterday). More at yesterday.

Adverb

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yester (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Yesterday.

Adjective

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yester (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
    Synonyms: last, yesterday
    yester eve, yester even(ing), yester morning

Noun

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yester (countable and uncountable, plural yesters)

  1. (archaic) Yesterday.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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  • (attested spaced or hyphenated in a compound): gister, ȝerstene, ȝester, ȝestern, ȝister, ȝursten, ȝuster, yestyr, yhister, yister, yistre
  • (only attested unspaced and unhyphenated in a compound): *gyrstæn, *gyrsten, *ȝersten, *ȝerstyn, *ȝist, *ȝistir, *ȝistyr, *ȝurs, *ȝurst, *ȝurster, *ȝurston, *ȝustir, *ȝystur, *inst [read: iust], *yersten, *yerstyr, *yese, *yestir, *yestur, *yistir, *yurst, *yuster

Etymology

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From Old English geostran.

Adjective

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yester

  1. Only used in yesterday, yester morow, yesternyght, yistreven