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lore
What does lore mean?
lore (noun): all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use lore in a sentence?
- Early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce lore?
/lɔɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lore come from?
From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience
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