Yore

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: yô, IPA: /jɔː/
• US enPR: yôr, IPA: /joʊɹ/, /jɔːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: your, you're; yaw in non-rhotic accents

Origin

From Middle English, from Old English Ä¡Ä“ara, genitive plural of Ä¡Ä“ar ("year"). More at year.

Full definition of yore

Noun

1. (poetic) time long pastThis word comes from the days of yore.

Usage notes

A Fossil word; not used outside the phrase of yore, especially the idiom days of yore.

Adverb

1. (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
• SpenserWhich though he hath polluted oft and yore,
  Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.

Anagrams

• oyer