tore
tore · more tore · most tore
Hard, difficult; wearisome, tediousHard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
UK/tɔː(ɹ)/US/tɔɹ/
Meaning
3 senses(dialectal, obsolete)Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
(dialectal, obsolete)Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
(dialectal, obsolete)Full; rich.
Origin
From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, pFrom Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.
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Forms
more tore, most toreWord family
1 related wordsDerivedtorely
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form