Yĕs'ter, a.

a. [A-S. gistran, geostran, girstan, adv., yesterday, D. gisteren, O. H. Ger. gestern, gesterēn, gesterōn, gestra, kestre, M. H. Ger. gester, N. H. Ger. gestern, Goth. gistra, Icel. ges, gār, allied to Lat. hesternus, heri, for hesi, Gr. χθές, for χές, Skr. hyas.] Of, or pertaining to, yesterday; last; last past; next before the present.

Whom yester sun beheld Mustering her charms. Dryden.

☞ This word is now seldom used except in a few compounds; as, yesterday, yester-night, and the like.