yore Syllabification: (yore)Pronunciation: /yôr/Translate yore | into Italian Definition of yore noun (in phrase of yore) literary of long ago or former times (used in nostalgic or mock-nostalgic recollection):a great empire in days of yoreOrigin: Old English geāra, geāre, of unknown originyore in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of yore in the British & World English dictionary