yestermorn

English

Etymology

From yester- +‎ morn.

Adverb

yestermorn (not comparable)

1. (now rare, archaic) During the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning. [from 18th c.]
   • 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, II:

     But yester-morn, whose house was so great, so flourishing as Manfred's?

   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man‎^[1]:

     "That, Clara," I said, "is the gate, that the street which yestermorn your father rode up."

Noun

yestermorn (uncountable)

1. (now rare, archaic) The morning of yesterday. [from 18th c.]
   • 1816, Jane Austen, Persuasion‎^[2]:

     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 yestermorn […] .

   • 1900, Rudyard Kipling, The Seven Seas‎^[3]:

     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!

Synonyms

• yestermorning