Hairlore
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Knowledge about hair; hair folklore. rare, uncountable
""Smoot documents his ... ah ... problem, one might safely say, with a three-volume history of hairlore, in which it is shown that abundant hair has always symbolized vitality, virility, the will to triumph, and its lack, poverty and impotence."
Example
More examples""Smoot documents his ... ah ... problem, one might safely say, with a three-volume history of hairlore, in which it is shown that abundant hair has always symbolized vitality, virility, the will to triumph, and its lack, poverty and impotence."
Etymology
From hair + lore.
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