yvory
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
yvory (uncountable)
- Obsolete spelling of ivory
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 44:
- Yt framed was of precious yvory.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ivorie, yvor, yvore, ivery, yvery, yvori, ivory, yvoyre, evurye, evyry, yvorie, yver, evour, yverie, ywory
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /iːvɔˈriː(ə)/, /iːvəˈriː(ə)/, /iːˈvɛːr(ə)/, /ˈiːvər/, /iːvui̯ˈriː(ə)/, /ɛvɔrˈiː(ə)/, /ɛvˈɔːr(ə)/, /ɛvˈuːr(ə)/
Noun[edit]
yvory
Descendants[edit]
- English: ivory
References[edit]
- “īvorī(e, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-20.
Adjective[edit]
yvory
- Made of ivory
Descendants[edit]
- English: ivory
References[edit]
- “īvorī(e, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-20.
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