yestadv.

Brit.

/jɛst/, U.S.

/jɛst/

Forms: 1600s– yest, 1800s yest', 1800s–1900s yest (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: yesterday adv.; yesterday n.

Etymology: As adverb shortened < yesterday adv. As noun shortened < yesterday n. Compare earlier yester adv. and yester n.

Chiefly in letters, diaries, and the language of electronic communications (colloquial when not a graphic abbreviation).

On the day before today; yesterday.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [noun]

yesterdayOE

last dayc1450

yestera1500

yest1684

yestern1807

1684 Newdigate Newslet. 3 June (Folger L.c.1544) Yest the princess of denmarke was Churched.

1725 New Canting Dict. Yest, a Diminutive of Yesterday.

1861 Diary 13 May in S. Richards Civil War Diary (2009) i. 50 Yest we had our first Dewberries of the season, not of our own raising tho!—Garden and crops are doing finely.

1945 M. Elevitch Let. 16 June in Dog Tags Yapping (2003) 158 Saw trainload of S.S. men yest—all staring—weatherbeaten—aaagh.

2006 Cairns (Queensland) Post (Nexis) 1 May 12 (text message) Just saw an old man with cane and limp tryin 2 wave down Sunbus. No chance. Only 15m frm stop. Anzac day was yest I guess.

Compounds

attributive. Designating a time of day occurring on the day before, as yest morning, yest evening, etc.

ΚΠ

1862 S. Pickens Diary 23 Dec. in G. W. Hubbs Voices Company D (2003) 127 It was splendid, first meal since yest. morn. & we ate a big meal & enjoyed it much.

1894 Duchess of Marlborough Let. 21 May in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1967) I. Compan. i. vii. 486 Your father returned yest morn and went to Harrow.

1916 A. Pollitzer Let. 2 Oct. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 203 Yest aft I had a sublime automobile ride.

1929 R. Kipling Let. 17 Feb. (2004) V. 474 Your wire from Buda Pesth came in yest. evening.

2014 Daily Mirror 19 Nov. 20 Clean Bandit's Milan Neil Amin-Smith turned the airwaves blue on Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 Breakfast Show yest morning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yest
释义	yestadv. Brit. /jɛst/, U.S. /jɛst/ Forms: 1600s– yest, 1800s yest', 1800s–1900s yest (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: yesterday adv.; yesterday n. Etymology: As adverb shortened < yesterday adv. As noun shortened < yesterday n. Compare earlier yester adv. and yester n. Chiefly in letters, diaries, and the language of electronic communications (colloquial when not a graphic abbreviation). On the day before today; yesterday. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [noun] yesterdayOE last dayc1450 yestera1500 yest1684 yestern1807 1684 Newdigate Newslet. 3 June (Folger L.c.1544) Yest the princess of denmarke was Churched. 1725 New Canting Dict. Yest, a Diminutive of Yesterday. 1861 Diary 13 May in S. Richards Civil War Diary (2009) i. 50 Yest we had our first Dewberries of the season, not of our own raising tho!—Garden and crops are doing finely. 1945 M. Elevitch Let. 16 June in Dog Tags Yapping (2003) 158 Saw trainload of S.S. men yest—all staring—weatherbeaten—aaagh. 2006 Cairns (Queensland) Post (Nexis) 1 May 12 (text message) Just saw an old man with cane and limp tryin 2 wave down Sunbus. No chance. Only 15m frm stop. Anzac day was yest I guess. Compounds attributive. Designating a time of day occurring on the day before, as yest morning, yest evening, etc. ΚΠ 1862 S. Pickens Diary 23 Dec. in G. W. Hubbs Voices Company D (2003) 127 It was splendid, first meal since yest. morn. & we ate a big meal & enjoyed it much. 1894 Duchess of Marlborough Let. 21 May in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1967) I. Compan. i. vii. 486 Your father returned yest morn and went to Harrow. 1916 A. Pollitzer Let. 2 Oct. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 203 Yest aft I had a sublime automobile ride. 1929 R. Kipling Let. 17 Feb. (2004) V. 474 Your wire from Buda Pesth came in yest. evening. 2014 Daily Mirror 19 Nov. 20 Clean Bandit's Milan Neil Amin-Smith turned the airwaves blue on Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 Breakfast Show yest morning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1684
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