yestertime

English

Etymology

From yester- +‎ time.

Noun

yestertime (plural yestertimes)

1. Time previous to the present; the past.

Synonyms

• foretime, yestertide; see also Thesaurus:the past

Adverb

yestertime (not comparable)

1. In times past, at a prior time; in the past.
   • 1920, Yoné Noguchi, Seen & unseen, or, Monologues of a homeless snail:

     And at last I came back to me, after sailing on surgeful waves; at this moment, between the Present and the Future, the Past and the Present, — forgetting what the world was, yestertime,—forgetting what I was, yestertime.

Synonyms

• beforehand, yestertide; see also Thesaurus:formerly