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yore

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An archaic noun referring to time long past or ancient days, evoking nostalgia for former eras and historical legends.

Detailed Definition
This is an old-fashioned word for the distant past. It appears in poetry and older prose, but modern readers may not use it in ordinary speech.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Like those trim skiffs, unknown of yore” — archaic usage; “Yore” means a long time ago, usually in the phrase “of yore”; Legends of yore returned in the old singer’s refrain; The word lends a poem a deliberately antique or legendary atmosphere
Additional Notes
In “unknown of yore,” the word is an archaic way of saying “long ago,” which many readers may not recognize immediately.; Found in the poem, Youth and Age by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Also Known As
of old ancient times bygone former days
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