Yestereve

Origin

From Middle English, alteration of yestereven ("last night, yesterday evening"), from Old English ġiestranǣfen ("yesterday evening"), equivalent to - + even("evening").

Full definition of yestereve

Noun

1. (archaic) yesterday evening
• 1927 , Edgar Rice Burrows , The Outlaw of Torn Chapter , 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.

Synonyms

• yesterevening
• last night

Adverb

1. (during) yesterday evening

Synonyms

• yesterevening
• last night

Related terms

• yesterevening
• yesterday
• yesteryear