yesteryear
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yesteryear
- /ˈjɛstəjɪə/ UK
- /ˈjɛstəɹˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/ US
- /ˈjestəjøː/ General South African
- /ˈjɛstəjɜː/
Where it comes from
From yester- + year.
noun yesteryears · yester-year
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Past years; time gone by; yore.
To be old here, is to be respectable, and time-honored is the epithet most coveted. You see no sign of the doings of yesterday or yesteryear: the new is careful of obtruding itself, and comes into the world under matronage of the old.
Similar: foretime
- Last year.
Similar: yestertide
adverb yester-year
- In past years. Was it yesteryear or centuries ago that the Orient Express thundered over that narrow, glistening channel and linked the Golden Horn to the Seine?
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: yestertide
Translations
Every language
noun times gone by
| Español | antaño |
|---|---|
| Português | outrora |
| Français | jadis, antan |
| Deutsch | einst |
| Italiano | passato |
| Ελληνικά | κάποτε kápote, παλιά paliá |
| Tiếng Việt | xưa, thời xưa, ngày xưa |
noun last year — see also last year
| Español | antaño, año pasado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 작년 jangnyeon |
| 日本語 | 去年 Kyonen |
| Português | ano passado, antanho |
| Français | année passée, an passé, année dernière, an dernier |
| Deutsch | Vorjahr |
| Italiano | anno scorso |
| Ελληνικά | πέρυσι pérysi |
| Русский | в прошлом году v prošlom godu |
| עברית | אשתקד eshtakád |
Talk about this word "yesteryear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yesteryear. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. yesteryear. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yesteryear "yesteryear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yesteryear.Cite this
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title = {yesteryear},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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