yester-year
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tərˈyɪər, -ˌyɪər noun
1.
last year.
2.
the recent years; time not long past.
adverb
3.
during time not long past.
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| —n | |
| 1. | last year or the past in general |
| —adv | |
| 2. | during last year or the past in general |
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yesteryear
coined 1870 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from yester(day) + year to translate Fr. antan (from V.L. *anteannum "the year before") in a refrain by François Villon: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? which Rossetti rendered "But where are the snows of yesteryear?"
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