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Hesternal Relating Heh Ster Nuhl Adjective Yesterday Latin Hesternus Nudiustertian

Hesternal is an adjective meaning 'of yesterday,' derived from the Latin word for the same.

Hesternal means 'of yesterday.' The word comes from the Latin 'hesternus,' meaning the same.

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hesternal /heh-STER-nuhl/
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adjective
Of yesterday.

[From Latin hesternus (of yesterday). Also see nudiustertian (relating to the day before yesterday) hodiernal (relating to today).]

"I passed up a side-street, one of those deserted ways ... dim places, fusty with hesternal excitements and the thrills of yesteryear." - Rupert Brooke; Letters From America; Sidgwick & Jackson; 1971.

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