Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yesty

/ˈjɛsti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yesty
IPA: /ˈjɛsti/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of yesterday.

Uncountable

noun

Australian usage; Colloquial; Uncountable

adj

Obsolete spelling of yeasty (“foamy, frothy”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Wild geese seen migrating towards ye S. to day and yesty."
"Fritzie returned yesty A.M. & is feeling fine."
"on moving up from Louverval the 10 Bn struck trouble (or rather, it ws on / night of 7/8 & early yesty morning)."
"Pretty sad when you can recall rifle numbers and such but can't remember what I had for brekkie yesty."
"“Should’ve been here yesty” say’s the bloke at the news agency when asked about the swell."
"I was at the waterworks yesty arvo and the reservoirs are suuuuper low."

Etymology

Clipping of yesterday + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: y

Usage

Inflected Forms

yestie (alternative) yestier (comparative) yestiest (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce yesty?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛsti/.
What does yesty mean?: Abbreviation of yesterday.
Where does yesty come from?: Clipping of yesterday + -y.

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