yestermorn, adv. and n. Chiefly poet.
(jɛstəˈmɔːn)
[f. yester- + morn n.]
Yesterday morning.
| 1702 Rowe Tamerl. ii. i, From yester Morn till Even. a 1769 Falconer Shipwr. iii. 813 Ah! how unlike what yester-morn enjoy'd! c 1815 Jane Austen Persuasion xiii, Each lady dated her intelligence [of the accident] from the same hour of yestermorn. 1846 Tennyson Golden Year 21 But if you care indeed to listen, hear These measured words, my work of yestermorn. 1895 Chamb. Jrnl. XII. 828/1 The lover wrote yestermorn, making light of the story. 1896 Kipling Seven Seas, Song of Banjo 90 To the tune of yestermorn I set the truth. |