Wordlore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The science, study, or knowledge of words. uncommon, uncountable

    "Morris mastered the secrets of English wordlore as much better than Shakespeare as the manifold development of the science of language (speechlore) natually enabled him to do."

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"Morris mastered the secrets of English wordlore as much better than Shakespeare as the manifold development of the science of language (speechlore) natually enabled him to do."

Etymology

From word + lore. Compare Old English wordlār (“verbal teaching or instruction”).

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