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blore¹

  • /blɔː(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.

verb blores · bloring · blored

  1. archaic, dialectal To cry; cry out; weep.
  2. archaic, dialectal To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

blore²

  • /blɔː(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”).

noun blores

  1. obsolete The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. a most tempestuous blore

Blore³

Where it comes from

From Old English blōr (“swelling”).

proper noun Blores

  1. countable, uncountable A village in Blore-with-Swinscoe parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK137493).
  2. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{blore_2026,
  title = {blore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}