| 单词 | yesterdayness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈyesterdayness ˈyesterdayness n. the quality of belonging to or being characteristic of yesterday or the (recent) past; outdatedness, old-fashionedness.In quot. 1897: the distinctive quality of being yesterday. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [noun] > quality of being yesterdayness1836 1836 Athenæum 5 Nov. 777/2 If the ‘Constitution of Man’ had happened to have been a ‘Harmony of Phrenology with Scripture’, we should never..have heard of the crudity and yesterdayness of the Gallean revelation. 1897 Bookman Nov. 235 Yesterday, as such and in its essential yesterdayness, has no objective existence. 1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 202/2 That disquieting sense of ‘yesterdayness’ that attaches to most collections of essays..that have already severally seen the light. 1959 Pasadena (Calif.) Independent 10 June 8/3 There are no improvements in the Valley to take away from the feeling of yesterdayness. 2015 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 17 Apr. 35 Rubio's relative youth underscores Hillary's yesterdayness. < as lemmas |
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