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語源 1

From 中期英語 tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.

別の表記

• tor

形容詞

tore (comparative more tore, superlative most tore)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
3. (dialectal or obsolete) Full; rich.

派生語

• torely

語源 2

動詞

tore

1. simple past of tear (“rip, rend, speed”).
2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of tear (“rip, rend, speed”)
   • 1661, George Whitehead, Edward Burroughs, The Son of Perdition Revealed […] ‎, London, page 39:

     […] that a Spirit came into him that did make him quake and tremble ſo exceedingly that he thought it would have tore him, &c […]

   • 1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XVI, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, page 71:

     Upon my honor, Sir, you have tore every bit of ſkin quite off the back of both my hands with your forceps, cried my uncle Toby […]

   • 1999 May 11, Rick Bass, Where the Sea Used to Be, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 393:

     "Would've tore your head clean off," Dudley was bellowing. "Would've snapped it off your neck like wet toilet paper […]

使用する際の注意点

• The past tense of the other verb tear, meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is teared.

語源 3

See torus.

名詞

tore (plural tores)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of torus.
2. (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
3. The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.

語源 4

Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.

名詞

tore (uncountable)

1. The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
   • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:

     the more Tore you have, the less Quantity of Hay will do

参考

• tore up

アナグラム

• rote