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Etymology

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From yester- +‎ tide (time, season, period).

Noun

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yestertide (uncountable)

  1. A time period previous to the present; the past.

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yestertide (not comparable)

  1. In times past, at a prior time; in the past.
    • 1905, Dr. Frederick H. Williams, “Fair Cooling Spray, O Lovely Sea!”, in The Connecticut Magazine, volume 9, number 3, page frontispiece:
      Fair cooling spray, oh, lovely sea! / How maiden coy thy changing mood; / To-night thou'rt sweet with smiles for me, / Scarce yestertide I vainly wooed / Thy fretful features for a smile, / Naught could for me one thought beguile.
    • 1889, Alfred Austin, The Human Tragedy:
      And loudly to her lovers called, to leap To arms for her sore sake, that yestertide In her delight delighted, and drank deep Of her lascivious wine-cups, []

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