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yesternight

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈjɛstə(ɹ)naɪt/

Definition of yesternight

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable)Last night.
    “What man was he talk'd with you yesternight Out at your window betwixt twelve and one?”
    “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.”
    “[…] 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 […]”
    “[…] she has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years—incessantly—remorselessly—till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil.”
    “I came here yesternight for a call of nature and to do what none can do for me[.]”
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adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable)Last night.
    “What man was he talk'd with you yesternight Out at your window betwixt twelve and one?”
    “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.”
    “[…] 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 […]”
    “[…] she has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years—incessantly—remorselessly—till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil.”
    “I came here yesternight for a call of nature and to do what none can do for me[.]”

noun

  1. (archaic)A preceding night.

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Etymology

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

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