Meaning & use
yore
Time long past, especially remembered with nostalgia or a sense of legend.
See it in a sentence
Grandfather loved telling stories of yore, back when the town was just a few farms.
The festival recreates the customs of yore for visitors curious about local history.
A note on using this word
Yore survives mainly in the fixed phrase 'days of yore' or 'of yore' and rarely appears outside that construction.
Words with a similar meaning
antiquitythe past
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