"yester" meaning in English

See yester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English geostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yester}} Middle English yester, {{inh|en|ang|geostran||yesterday}} Old English geostran (“yesterday”), {{cog|nl|gisteren||yesterday}} Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), {{cog|de|gestern||yesterday}} German gestern (“yesterday”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} yester (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to yesterday. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Synonyms: last, yesterday
    Sense id: en-yester-en-adj-G3hwASmw

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English geostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yester}} Middle English yester, {{inh|en|ang|geostran||yesterday}} Old English geostran (“yesterday”), {{cog|nl|gisteren||yesterday}} Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), {{cog|de|gestern||yesterday}} German gestern (“yesterday”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} yester (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) Yesterday. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-yester-en-adv-xnCf4hSt

Noun

Forms: yesters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English geostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yester}} Middle English yester, {{inh|en|ang|geostran||yesterday}} Old English geostran (“yesterday”), {{cog|nl|gisteren||yesterday}} Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), {{cog|de|gestern||yesterday}} German gestern (“yesterday”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yester (countable and uncountable, plural yesters)
  1. (archaic) Yesterday. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Derived forms: yesterday, yestereve, yester-hour, yester-minute, yestermonth, yestermorn, yesternight, yesternoon, yesterweek, yesteryear
    Sense id: en-yester-en-noun-xnCf4hSt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 8 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 7 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 93

Inflected forms

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