yvory

English

Noun

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

Alternative forms

ivorie, yvor, yvore, ivery, yvery, yvori, ivory, yvoyre, evurye, evyry, yvorie, yver, evour, yverie, ywory

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːvɔˈriː(ə)/, /iːvəˈriː(ə)/, /iːˈvɛːr(ə)/, /ˈiːvər/, /iːvui̯ˈriː(ə)/, /ɛvɔrˈiː(ə)/, /ɛvˈɔːr(ə)/, /ɛvˈuːr(ə)/

Noun

yvory

ivory

Descendants

English: ivory

References

“īvorī(e, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-20.

Adjective

yvory

Made of ivory

Descendants

English: ivory

References

“īvorī(e, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-20.

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