Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yesterdawn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yes-ter-dawn
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dawn of yesterday.

adv

At dawn on yesterday.

Example Sentences

"They come to me from the years agone, Like echoes from far away :Like sunbeams that faded at yesterdawn, Like the glory of yesterday."
"Who split the kola of words In the silence of yesterdawns?"
"We've fasted when no fasting was prescribed, having been on our way since yesterdawn.""
"“We fought well yesterday,” he said. “The enemy will be much weaker at dawn than he was yesterday. But there is much hard fighting left to do.” “Yes, Lord,” Jenah said. “And we, too, are weaker than we were at yesterdawn.""
"But, now I know you love the lass, I'll say I saw her yesterdawn as blooming as her name."
"But yesterdawn the old joy came back to me."

Etymology

From yester- + dawn.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: yester

Inflected Forms

yesterdawns (plural) more yesterdawn (comparative) most yesterdawn (superlative)

Questions

What does yesterdawn mean?: The dawn of yesterday.
Where does yesterdawn come from?: From yester- + dawn.

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