yore UK /jɔː/US /joɹ/adverb 1noun 1phrases 1 adverb1 •(no longer used) In time long past; long ago.Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for iudgement iust do fly — 1590 noun1 •(literary) A time long past.This word comes from the days of yore. Phrases with yore days of yoreThe past; bygone days.
