OF YORE

Definition: OF YORE

OF YORE

1. 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

The Past

Noun: the past, past time; days of yore, times of yore, days of old, times of old, days past, times past, days gone by, times gone by; bygone days; old times, ancient times, former times; fore time; the good old days, the olden time, good old time; auld lang syne; eld.

Adverb: paleo-; archaeo-; formerly; of old, of yore; erst, whilom, erewhile, time was, ago, over; in the olden time; Noun: anciently, long ago, long since; a long while, a long time ago; years ago, yesteryear, ages ago; some time ago, some time since, some time back.

Crosswords: OF YORE

As in the Days of Yore (1917)

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Books

• Daffy Duck and Porky Pig in Ducks of Yore (Looney Tunes Big Screen Storybooks) (reference)

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It is perennially young, and I may stand and see a swallow dip apparently to pick an insect from its surface as of yore.

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Expressions using "OF YORE": in days of yore ♦ in the world of yore ♦ man of yore. Additional references.

Albanian

i dikurshëm (ancient, old time, primaeval, primeval, quondam, whilom). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отколе, някога (erst, erstwhile, ever, formerly, in the olden times, once, once upon a time, previously, sometime, whilom). (various references)

Czech

z dávných dob (of yesteryear). (various references)

German

in längst vergangener zeiten (in the world of yore), in alten zeiten (in days of yore), die menschen in alten zeit (man of yore). (various references)

Hungarian

hajdani (ci-devant, erstwhile, long-ago, of old, old time, old world, old-world, once, onetime, pristine, quondam, sometime, whilom). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

在りし日 (days of yore, during one's lifetime, the olden days), ありし日 (days of yore, during one's lifetime, the olden days). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ありしひ (days of yore, during one's lifetime, the olden days). (various references)

Pig Latin

ofay yoreay

Romanian

de odinioarã (former), de altãdatã (former, quondam, sometime). (various references)

Russian 

давным-давно (long ago, yore). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u staro vreme (yore: of yore), nekada (erstwhile, old: of old, sometimes, then, time: at one time, yore: of yore). (various references)

Swedish

fordom (formerly, in times past, yore). (various references)

Turkish

eskiden (anciently, before now, beforetime, erstwhile, formerly, in days of yore, in old times, in times of old, lang syne, of old, onetime, sometime). (various references)

Turkmen 

kцneden (since days of yore). (various references)

Ukrainian

стародавній (hoary, immemorial, old, old time, old world, venerable), давним-давно (langsyne). (various references)

Welsh

gynt (ahead, formerly, previously). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: foyer.

-2 letters: fore, froe, oyer, roof, yore.

-3 letters: fer, fey, foe, for, foy, fro, fry, ore, ref, roe, rye.

-4 letters: ef, er, oe, of, or, oy, re, ye, yo.

+1 letter: foolery.

+2 letters: forebody, spoofery.

+3 letters: offertory.

+4 letters: buffoonery, coryneform, festoonery, mycoflorae, tomfoolery.

+5 letters: ferociously, fluorometry, frontolyses, pussyfooter, reflexology, reformatory.