From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Yesterday \Yes"ter*day\, n. [OE. [yogh]isterdai, AS. geostran
d[ae]g, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran,
yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron,
Icel. g[ae]r yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis
to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. ?, Skr. hyas) + d[ae]g day.
Cf. {Hestern}. ????.]
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1. The day last past; the day next before the present.
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All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. --Shak.
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We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. --Job
viii. 9.
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2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
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The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when
compared with the line of supreme pontiffs.
--Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Yesterday \Yes"ter*day\, adv.
On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the
affair took place yesterday.
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