Yoretime

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Time long past; long ago. uncountable

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From yore + time.

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