yesternight

[ yes-ter-nahyt ]

/ ˈyɛs tərˈnaɪt /

Archaic.

last night.

during last night.

Origin of yesternight

before 900; Middle English; Old English gystran niht. See yester-, night

Yesternight I learned that you lived, but I looked not for you here.

By order of the company |Mary Johnston
And yesternight, Cleopatra, thou didst swear that thou wouldst wed me, and call me to thy side before the face of Egypt!

Cleopatra |H. Rider Haggard
Was this resolution sudden, or did the Lady Sybilla know of it yesternight?

The Black Douglas |S. R. Crockett
When Claudio asks her: 'What man was he talked with yesternight out at your window betwixt twelve and one?'

The Story of My Life |Ellen Terry

I could suffer the lash of misery eleven months in the year, were the twelfth to be composed of hours like yesternight.

The Letters of Robert Burns |Robert Burns