Lore

Quick meaning: Lore is a noun meaning All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
2. (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
3. (chiefly fandom slang) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
4. (obsolete) Workmanship.
5. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose
6. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
7. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese

Example Sentences

the recondite lore of the Ancient Egyptians

Neither of them she found where she them lore.

The succession story would get repeated so often that it would turn into Silicon Valley lore.

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

Word Forms

• lores

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include erudition, knowledge, learning, history, legend, wisdom.

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