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Yore vs Rore - What's the difference?

yore | rore |

In obsolete terms the difference between yore and rore

is that yore is in time long past; long ago while rore is dew.

As an adverb yore

is in time long past; long ago.

yore

English

Noun

(-)
  • (poetic) time long past
    • This word comes from the days of yore .

    Usage notes

    A ; not used outside the phrase (of yore), especially the idiom days of yore.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
  • * Spenser
    • Which though he hath polluted oft and yore , / Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.

    Anagrams

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    rore

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) dew
  • * circa'' 1600 : , act III, scene V
    • Demeas:?Let it bee lawfull for mee (most honorable not onerable paire) awhile to reteyne & deteyne ligate & obligate your eares with my words neither aspersed or inspersed with the flore or rore of eloquence, yee are both like in nature, & in nurture alike in Genius & both alike ingenuous. What Timon refuses Callimela refuses, what Callimela wills Timon also wills, soe that Callimela may not bee but Timons Callimela, and Timon but Callimelas Timon.

    Related terms

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    References

    * “ †rore, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----