yestermorn

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English

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Etymology

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From yester- +‎ morn.

Adverb

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yestermorn (not comparable)

  1. (now rare, archaic) During the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning. [from 18th c.]

Noun

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yestermorn (uncountable)

  1. (now rare, archaic) The morning of yesterday. [from 18th c.]
    • 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. [], volume IV, London: John Murray, [], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC, page 13:
      The sad accident at Lyme was soon the prevailing topic; and on comparing their latest accounts of the invalid, it appeared that each lady dated her intelligence from the same hour of yester morn, []
    • 1896, Rudyard Kipling, “[The Seven Seas.] The Song of the Banjo.”, in The Seven Seas, London: Methuen & Co. [], →OCLC, page 84:
      By the wisdom of the centuries I speak— / To the tune of yestermorn I set the truth— / I, the joy of life unquestioned—I, the Greek— / I, the everlasting Wonder Song of Youth!

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