houre

houre (plural houres)

1. Obsolete spelling of hour
   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

     , scene i:

     You come moſt carefully vpon your houre,

• Hyphenation: hou‧re
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoure(ʔ)/

houre

1. raving (wild or incoherent speech)
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 5.

     Tuottaminen ilman suunnitelmaa muistuttaisi enemmän hullun houreita kuin älyn ja opin selväpäisiä pyrkimyksiä.

     A production whithout design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.

• hourailla
• hourailu
• houretila
• kuumehoure

• rouhe

• hour, our, oure, howr, howre, awyr, ower

From Anglo-Norman houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːr(ə)/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): [ʊwɾ]

houre (plural houres)

1. hour (a 60-minute period which the day has 24 of)
2. A time, occasion, or moment
3. A canonical hour or tide.
4. A divine office.

• English: hour
• Scots: oor

• “hǒure (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

From Old English ure.

houre

1. Alternative form of oure

• “our(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

From Old English hōre.

houre

1. Alternative form of hore (“whore”)

houre f (oblique plural houres, nominative singular houre, nominative plural houres)

1. hour (unit of time)
2. time; moment to do something
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     A l'hore de disner, a l'ostex repaira

     At dinnertime, he went back to his lodgings

• English: hour (borrowed)
• French: heure