Bores
/bɔːrz/noun
Third-person singular present of bore, or the plural of bore in some contexts.
Did you know?The verb bore originally meant “to pierce or drill,” and only later took on the social meaning of “to be tedious,” as if a tedious person could slowly wear a hole in your attention.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bher-
“to pierce, bore, or cut”
Old English
OE
borian
“to pierce, drill, or make a hole”
Middle English
ME
boren / bore
“to drill, perforate, or make a hole”
14th Century
English
bore
“to pierce or make a hole in”
Modern English
English
bores
“third-person singular present of bore; also plural of bore”