evermore
See also: ever-more
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English (written as two words before 14th century), equivalent to ever + -more.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛvɚˈmɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛvəˈmɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: mōr, IPA(key): /ˌɛvɚˈmo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˌɛvəˈmoə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ev‧er‧more
Adverb edit
evermore (not comparable)
- Always; forever; eternally.
- Synonyms: for evermore, forevermore
- Antonym: nevermore
- c. 1845-46, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “If Thou Must Love Me”, in Sonnets from the Portuguese[1]:
- […] But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
- At any time in the future.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- Note by the way, that if honey be despumed, that is to say, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any use.