Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yester-morrow

/ˈjɛstə(ɹ)ˌmɒɹəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: yester--mor-row
IPA: /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)ˌmɒɹəʊ/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Yesterday morning.

Obsolete

noun

A morning of a previous day or time.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The nightwind, ah, nightwind shall fetch one the scent. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night! The nightingale's sorrow that ends with the light Brings, grieved, no love nearer, alas, to the sight. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night!"
"An ordinary passing day, One much like yester-morrow, Shed its light in timeless gray And all its simple sorrow."
"I'll just put it back when I get home,” he thought, not at all suspecting it might be many long yester-morrows again before that might be so."

Etymology

From Middle English yester morow; equivalent to yester- + morrow. Compare Dutch gistermorgen, German gestern Morgen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: yester
Root: yester morow

Usage

Inflected Forms

yester-morrows (plural) yestermorrow (alternative) yester morrow (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce yester-morrow?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)ˌmɒɹəʊ/.
What does yester-morrow mean?: Yesterday morning.
Where does yester-morrow come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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