evermore

See also: ever-more

English

Etymology

From Middle English evermore (written as two words before 14th century), equivalent to ever +‎ -more.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛvɚˈmoɹ/
• (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/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ev‧er‧more

Adverb

evermore (not comparable)

1. Always; forever; eternally.

   Synonyms: for evermore, forevermore

   Antonym: nevermore

   • c. 1845–1846, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1850, →OCLC, sonnet XIV, page 451:

     But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou may'st love on through love's eternity.

2. At any time in the future.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXII.] Of the nature and properties of Honey. […].”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 135:

     [N]ote by the way, that if honey be deſpumed, that is to ſay, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any uſe.

Translations

always

• Finnish: ikuisesti (fi), aina (fi)
• French: toujours (fr)
• Greek: αιωνίως (el) (aioníos), αεί (el) (aeí)
• Middle English: evermore, evermo
• Polish: zawsze (pl)
• Russian: всегда (ru) (vsegda), вечный (ru) (večnyj)
• Scots: evermair, ivermair
• Spanish: siempre (es)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ever-mare, evermare, ever-more
• avere-mære, eaver mare (Early Middle English)
• evirmare (Early Scots)

Etymology

A modification of evermo (“always”) after ever +‎ more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvər(ə)ˌmɔːr(ə)/, /ˈɛvrəˌmɔːr(ə)/, /ˈɛːv-/

Adverb

evermore

1. always, forever

Descendants

• English: evermore
• Middle Scots: evirmare, evirmair
  • Scots: ivermair