What does yestertide mean?
Yestertide means A time period previous to the present; the past..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A time period previous to the present; the past..
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, […]
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.
Use yestertide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Yestertide means A time period previous to the present; the past..
Common synonyms include foretime, yestertime, beforehand.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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