| 释义 |
hesternal, a.|hɛˈstɜːnəl|
[f. L. hestern-us (see prec.) + -al1.]
Of yesterday; of yesterday's standing or date.
1649Bp. Hall Confirm. (1651) 67 Some hesternall teachers that refuse and disallow of it. 1789M. Madan tr. Persius Sat. iii. 106 (1795) 93 But him The hesternal Romans [Quirites hesterni], with cover'd head, sustained. 1827Lytton Pelham lvii (D.), In enervating slumbers from the hesternal dissipation or debauch. |