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Lore

//lɔː// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. countable, uncountable

    "the recondite lore of the Ancient Egyptians"

  2. 2
    The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

    "He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding."

  3. 3
    knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote wordnet
  4. 4
    The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe. countable, slang, uncountable

    "Lore documents reveal that she was backstabbed by her subordinate, who wanted to become king, and she feels vengeful about it."

  5. 5
    The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
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  1. 6
    The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.; Trivia shared by a person about themself. Internet, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable

    "It's Ashot lore that I used to have a priv where I posted pictures of weird animals I found on the street."

  2. 7
    Workmanship. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore, / About the which two serpents weren wound; / Entrayled mutually in lovely lore, / And by the tailes together firmely bound […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of lose form-of, obsolete, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left" form-of, obsolete, participle, past

    "Neither of them she found where she them lore."

  3. 3
    simple past and past participle of lese form-of, obsolete, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.

Etymology 2

From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”).

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