evermore

See also: ever-more

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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/

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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. 1845-46, 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.

2. 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.

Translations

always

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