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/yes"teuhr nuyt"/, Archaic.n.1. last night.adv.2. during last night.[bef. 900; ME; OE gystran niht. See YESTER-, NIGHT]
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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 ter*night , adv. [AS. gystran niht. See {Yesterday}.] On the last night. B. Jonson. [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 — 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
