How do you pronounce poore?

The recorded pronunciation is /pˈuɹ/.

poore

/pˈuɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

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Obsolete

name

An English surname.

"Goes the world now, it will with thee goe hard: The fattest Hogs we grease the more with Lard. To him that has, there shall be added more; Who is penurious, he shall still be poore"

Poor (alternative)

poor kapoor grandeur amour jour mcclure darfur ure pasteur voyeur doer velour

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