Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yestern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yestern
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to yesterday.

Archaic

adv

Archaic

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Argos, I fear, will pay us soon again Her yestern debt[…]"
"For men born of yesterday are yestern"
""F. Newman's book I saw yestern at our ouse," Arnold writes to Clough. "He seems to have written himself down an hass."
"Yestern was the day of hail, […]"
"Yestern, who was there could compete with me in strength?"
"For this day ought to promise not so much mulch as yesterday or all the other yesterns all back in a row of boredowndom."

Etymology

Perhaps from yester + -en. Compare also Old English ġiestran (“yesterday”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: yester

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

yesterns (plural)

Questions

What does yestern mean?: Of or pertaining to yesterday.
Where does yestern come from?: Perhaps from yester + -en. Compare also Old English ġiestran (“yesterday”).

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