yester-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the first syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. yesternoon Brit.

/ˌjɛstəˈnuːn/, U.S.

/ˌjɛstərˈnun/.

Forms: late Middle English ȝister-, 1500s– yester-.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: yesterday adv., yesternight adv.

Etymology: < yester- (in yesterday adv., yesternight adv., etc.). Compare yester n., yester adj., and yester adv.Combinations with yester- comb. form could alternatively be interpreted as collocations with yester adj.; the combining form is here interpreted as forming a restricted set of compounds denoting periods of time, on the model of yesterday adv., etc. Formations are found occasionally from the 15th cent. or earlier (compare yestermorrow : see quot. a1500 ), and subsequently from the 16th cent. (compare yestermorning adv., yester-evening adv., etc.). In some cases, parallel formations with yesterday as the first element are attested earlier than the corresponding formation with yester- (compare yesterday noon and yesterday afternoon at yesterday adv., n., and adj. Compounds 1). Compare also the combinations discussed at last adj. 7a(a).

Forming nouns and adverbs denoting the period of time immediately preceding the current one, as yesterafternoon, yesternoon, yesterweek, etc. See also yester-eve adv., yestermorn adv. and n., etc. yestermorrow: on or during the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 52 Yester morow as I cam rennyng by his borugh at maleperdhuys he stode byfore his dore without lyke a pylgryme.

a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambr.) (1930) l. 1089 (MED) Had i wist of þis sorowe When þat we met ȝister-morowe, I had not bene in þis bale.

1625 Keeling's Iournall 3rd Voy. to E. India in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. vi. 197 The distance twixt it and our being yesternoone, nine and twentie leagues.

1737 W. Ayre tr. T. Tasso Amintas ii. 39 At Yesternoon methought she seem'd to prove That she had conscious Charms, and Baits for Love.

1778 J. Q. Adams Diary 20 Mar. in Wks. (1851) III. 111 Yester afternoon, the weather cleared up, and the wind came about very fair.

1806 S. T. Coleridge Let. 18 Aug. (1956) II. 621 I..have found myself so unusually better ever since I leaped on land yesterafternoon.

1839 E. B. Barrett Romaunt of Page in M. R. Mitford Findens' Tableaux 2 The Lady Abbess dead before it, And the nuns she yester-week did bless.

1872 M. Collins Let. Apr. in Lett. & Friendships (1877) I. 106 I saw some swallows yesternoon at the parsonage.

1906 Month Aug. 190 So much thought and work and care had been given to the preparation for the great glad ceremony of yester-week.

1912 Living Age 6 July 23/2 He had had nothing to eat since yesternoon.

1914 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 11 June 5/6 The temperature yesterafternoon registered by the government kiosk was 90 degrees as against 98 Tuesday.

1963 Country Life 25 July 217/2 By the time I had carried the faded flowers of yester-week to the rubbish heap in the churchyard, I was as damp and dispirited as everything else.

2014 Times (Nexis) 1 May 11 I think that Shakespeare would love PMQs and, perhaps, especially yesternoon's.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	yester-
释义	yester-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the first syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. yesternoon Brit. /ˌjɛstəˈnuːn/, U.S. /ˌjɛstərˈnun/. Forms: late Middle English ȝister-, 1500s– yester-. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: yesterday adv., yesternight adv. Etymology: < yester- (in yesterday adv., yesternight adv., etc.). Compare yester n., yester adj., and yester adv.Combinations with yester- comb. form could alternatively be interpreted as collocations with yester adj.; the combining form is here interpreted as forming a restricted set of compounds denoting periods of time, on the model of yesterday adv., etc. Formations are found occasionally from the 15th cent. or earlier (compare yestermorrow : see quot. a1500 ), and subsequently from the 16th cent. (compare yestermorning adv., yester-evening adv., etc.). In some cases, parallel formations with yesterday as the first element are attested earlier than the corresponding formation with yester- (compare yesterday noon and yesterday afternoon at yesterday adv., n., and adj. Compounds 1). Compare also the combinations discussed at last adj. 7a(a). Forming nouns and adverbs denoting the period of time immediately preceding the current one, as yesterafternoon, yesternoon, yesterweek, etc. See also yester-eve adv., yestermorn adv. and n., etc. yestermorrow: on or during the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning. Π 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 52 Yester morow as I cam rennyng by his borugh at maleperdhuys he stode byfore his dore without lyke a pylgryme. a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambr.) (1930) l. 1089 (MED) Had i wist of þis sorowe When þat we met ȝister-morowe, I had not bene in þis bale. 1625 Keeling's Iournall 3rd Voy. to E. India in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. vi. 197 The distance twixt it and our being yesternoone, nine and twentie leagues. 1737 W. Ayre tr. T. Tasso Amintas ii. 39 At Yesternoon methought she seem'd to prove That she had conscious Charms, and Baits for Love. 1778 J. Q. Adams Diary 20 Mar. in Wks. (1851) III. 111 Yester afternoon, the weather cleared up, and the wind came about very fair. 1806 S. T. Coleridge Let. 18 Aug. (1956) II. 621 I..have found myself so unusually better ever since I leaped on land yesterafternoon. 1839 E. B. Barrett Romaunt of Page in M. R. Mitford Findens' Tableaux 2 The Lady Abbess dead before it, And the nuns she yester-week did bless. 1872 M. Collins Let. Apr. in Lett. & Friendships (1877) I. 106 I saw some swallows yesternoon at the parsonage. 1906 Month Aug. 190 So much thought and work and care had been given to the preparation for the great glad ceremony of yester-week. 1912 Living Age 6 July 23/2 He had had nothing to eat since yesternoon. 1914 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 11 June 5/6 The temperature yesterafternoon registered by the government kiosk was 90 degrees as against 98 Tuesday. 1963 Country Life 25 July 217/2 By the time I had carried the faded flowers of yester-week to the rubbish heap in the churchyard, I was as damp and dispirited as everything else. 2014 Times (Nexis) 1 May 11 I think that Shakespeare would love PMQs and, perhaps, especially yesternoon's. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form1481
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