"yestereven" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English yester even, yistreven, alteration of yesterevening (“last night, yesterday evening”), from Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), equivalent to yester- + even (“evening”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yester even}} Middle English yester even, {{inh|en|ang|ġiestranǣfen|t=yesterday evening}} Old English ġiestranǣfen (“yesterday evening”), {{af|en|yester-|even|t2=evening}} yester- + even (“evening”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} yestereven (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of yestereve Tags: archaic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Past Synonyms: yestereve [synonym, synonym-of], yester-even, list in yestereve

Alternative forms

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