Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yestereve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yestereve
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Yesterday evening.

Archaic

adv

yesterday evening.

Example Sentences

"Only yestereve, you wot, one of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms came limping to us with the news of the awful carnage the foul fiend had wrought on his master's household."

Etymology

From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yestereven (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + eve (“evening”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: yester even, ġiestranǣfen

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

yestereves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

yesterday yesteryear

Synonyms

yestereven yesterevening yestreen last night yesternight yesterday night

Questions

What does yestereve mean?: Yesterday evening.
Where does yestereve come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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