Yesternight

Yesternight
Yesternight \Yes"ter*night`\, adv. [AS. gystran niht. See {Yesterday}.] On the last night. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

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  • Yesternight — Yes ter*night , n. The last night; the night last past. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • yesternight — [yes′tər nīt΄] n., adv. Archaic (on) the night before today; last night …   English World dictionary

  • yesternight — Noun describing when something happened. It didn t happen today. It didn t happen tonight . It didn t happen yesterday. It happened yesternight. Makes perfectly good sense to me, and to my youngest son, Justin, when he was three. As in I saw E.T …   Dictionary of american slang

  • yesternight — Noun describing when something happened. It didn t happen today. It didn t happen tonight . It didn t happen yesterday. It happened yesternight. Makes perfectly good sense to me, and to my youngest son, Justin, when he was three. As in I saw E.T …   Dictionary of american slang

  • yesternight — I. ˈyestə(r)|nīt adverb Etymology: Middle English yisternight, yesternight, from Old English gystran niht, from giestron yesterday + niht night more at yesterday, night archaic : on the night last past …   Useful english dictionary

  • yesternight — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gystran niht, from giestran yesterday + niht night Date: before 12th century archaic on the night last past II. noun Date: 1513 the night last past …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • yesternight — /yes teuhr nuyt /, Archaic. n. 1. last night. adv. 2. during last night. [bef. 900; ME; OE gystran niht. See YESTER , NIGHT] * * * …   Universalium

  • yesternight — adverb last night; yesterday night See Also: yesterday, yesteryear …   Wiktionary

  • yesternight — yes·ter·night …   English syllables

  • yesternight — yes•ter•night [[t]ˈyɛs tərˈnaɪt[/t]] archaic 1) last night 2) during last night • Etymology: bef. 900 …   From formal English to slang

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