e'er

See also: eer and -eer

English

Etymology

Contraction of ever.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛə/, /ˈɛʔə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛɚ/, /ˈɛʔɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation)

Adverb

e'er

1. (dialectal, poetic) Contraction of ever.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”

See also

• ne'er
• ne'er-do-well

Anagrams

• 'ere, Ere, REE, Ree, ere, ree

Yola

Adverb

e'er

1. Alternative form of eyver
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3:

     Maade a nicest coolecannan that e'er ye did zee.

     Made the nicest coolecannan that ever you did see.

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 94