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. geƔra;akin to geƔr 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
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; āa critical readingā; āa critical dissertationā; āa critical analysis of Melvilleās writingsā
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