YESTERDAYS

Noun

yesterdays

plural of yesterday.

• ”We are all accumulations of our yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows.” The W&M Blogs

• ”Your todays are a direct result of the sum of all your yesterdays.” entrevision

Source: Wiktionary


YESTERDAY

Yes"ter*day, n. Etym: [OE. ýisterdai, AS. geostran dæg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gær yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. hyas) + dæg day. Cf. Hestern.

1. The day last past; the day next before the present. All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9.

2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. Macaulay.

Yes"ter*day, adv.

Definition: On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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