English

Alternative forms

• yestermorrow, yester morrow

Noun

yester-morrow ‎(plural yester-morrows)

1. (archaic, poetic) A morrow (i.e. morning) of a previous day or time
   • 1961, Raymond Ellsworth Larsson, Book Like a Bow Curved:

     The nightwind, ah, nightwind shall fetch one the scent. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night! The nightingale's sorrow that ends with the light Brings, grieved, no love nearer, alas, to the sight. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night!

   • 1994', 2011, The Collected Poetry of J.A. Giunta, Volume II:

     An ordinary passing day, One much like yester-morrow, Shed its light in timeless gray And all its simple sorrow.

   • 2014, Doug Cariou, Once Upon an Island:

     I'll just put it back when I get home,” he thought, not at all suspecting it might be many long yester-morrows again before that might be so.