yester
Before now, poetically
Yester is an archaic or poetic prefix meaning "of the day or time before," surviving mainly in yesterday and yesteryear.
Standalone uses like yester morning or yester eve appear in old texts but sound deliberately antiquated today.
The word captures a literary nostalgia for times just past.
Time already gone
- formerPreviously holding a position
- previousOccurring before another
- bygoneOf earlier times
- earlierAt a prior time
prior · old · ancient · preceding · foregoing · erstwhile · onetime · late
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulSadly longing for something
sentimental · bittersweet · reflection · retrospect · remembrance · melancholy · yearning · reverie
Of or like verse
- literaryOf written works
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
quaint · dated · antique · classical · Shakespearean · Elizabethan · historical · formal
past
Time already gone
earlier · prior · old · ancient · preceding · foregoing · erstwhile · onetime · late · recent
memories
Stored past experiences
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
wistful · sentimental · bittersweet · reflection · retrospect · remembrance · melancholy · yearning · reverie · recollection
poetic
Of or like verse
- literaryOf written works
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
old-fashioned · quaint · dated · antique · classical · Shakespearean · Elizabethan · historical · formal · elevated
- born yesterdayExtremely naive and credulous
- yesterday's newsInformation no longer current
- not born yesterday
- like yesterdayVery recently recalled
- day before yesterdayTwo sunrises ago
- remember like it was yesterdayRecollect with startling clarity