Hairlore

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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""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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