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yoretime

yoretime noun: time long past; long ago.

Noun

yoretime (uncountable)

  1. Time long past; long ago.
    • History is no longer as of yoretime a mere chronicle of the lives and loves of kings; of the rise and wreck of dynasties; or of the pomp and circumstance of war.1895, The New Ireland Review, volume 3, page 238

Origin of yoretime

From yore + time.

Questions about yoretime

What does yoretime mean?
Yoretime means time long past; long ago.
What part of speech is yoretime?
Yoretime is a noun.

Words near yoretime in the dictionary

  1. Yordy
  2. Yordys
  3. yore
  4. yored
  5. yores
  6. yoretime
  7. yorga
  8. yorgah
  9. yorgahs
  10. yorgas
  11. Yorick

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