yore
(noun) time long past
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yore (uncountable)
(poetic) a time long past.
A fossil; virtually unused outside the phrase of yore, especially the idiom days of yore.
• foretime, yestertide; see also the past
yore (not comparable)
(obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
• long since, of old; see also long ago
• Roye, oyer, yero
Source: Wiktionary
Yore, adv. Etym: [OE. , yare, , AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. Year.]
Definition: In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic] As it hath been of olde times yore. Chaucer. Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, Yet I to them for judgment just do fly. Spenser. Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. "But Satan now is wiser than of yore." Pope. Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. Keble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
