yester-morrow

See also: yestermorrow

English

Alternative forms

• yestermorrow, yester morrow

Etymology

From Middle English yester morow; equivalent to yester- +‎ morrow. Compare Dutch gistermorgen, German gestern Morgen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)ˌmɒɹəʊ/

Noun

yester-morrow (plural yester-morrows)

1. (obsolete) Yesterday morning.
2. (archaic, poetic) A morning of a previous day or time.
   • 1961, Raymond Ellsworth Larsson, Book Like a Bow Curved:

     The nightwind, ah, nightwind shall fetch one the scent. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night! The nightingale's sorrow that ends with the light Brings, grieved, no love nearer, alas, to the sight. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night!

   • 1994, The Collected Poetry of J.A. Giunta, volume II, published 2011:

     An ordinary passing day, One much like yester-morrow, Shed its light in timeless gray And all its simple sorrow.

   • 2014, Doug Cariou, Once Upon an Island:

     I'll just put it back when I get home,” he thought, not at all suspecting it might be many long yester-morrows again before that might be so.