WWH,

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It is my hodiernal pleasure to hijack tsuwm's "hesternal". How can he call that a worthless word?

I'm with you, WWH. Hijack away my friend! That one's a rare jewel in most people's vocabulary coffers.

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dim places, fusty with hesternal excitements and the thrills of yesteryear.

A nicely turned phrase but with "fusty" and "hesternal" sharing such a cozy space within six syllables of each other, it struck me as a tad fustian.

QTR