yesternight

English

Etymology

From Middle English yesternyght, yisternight, from Old English ġiestranniht (“yesternight”), equivalent to yester- +‎ night.

Adverb

yesternight (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Last night.
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing:

     Claudio: What man was he talk'd with you yesternight / Out at your window betwixt twelve and one? (Act IV, Scene 1)

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 31:29,^[1]

     It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 6,^[2]

     […] when the Templar crossed the hall yesternight, he spoke to his Mussulman slaves in the Saracen language, which I well understand, and charged them this morning to watch the journey of the Jew […]

   • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Chapter 29,^[3]

     […] she has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years—incessantly—remorselessly—till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil.

Synonyms

• see list in yestereve

Related terms

• yesterday
• yesteryear

Noun

yesternight (plural yesternights)

1. (archaic) A preceding night.