What does lovelore mean?
Lovelore means The knowledge, science, study, or history of love..
Lovelore
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
The knowledge, science, study, or history of love..
Definitions by Sense
- The knowledge, science, study, or history of love.
- A romantic tale; a romance.
Example Sentences
It is not, in the common and cheap misuse of the term, the most "romantic" arrangement, but some not imperfect in lovelore have held that a woman's love is never so strong as when she is past girlhood and well approaching age, and that a man's is never stronger than when he is just not a boy.
Not in yours either,' he had said. 'Try the moon, in that case,' his friends told him helpfully, taking their cue from old romantic songs that featured the moon when it was still a part of lovelore.
She has her own beauty and majesticity as she weaves and meanders away amidst high mountains and ravines— carrying with her the lovelores and legends of her sons since time immemorial.
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- lovelores
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It is not, in the common and cheap misuse of the term, the most "romantic" arrangement, but some not imperfect in lovelore have held that a woman's love is never so strong as when she is past girlhood and well approaching age, and that a man's is never stronger than when he is just not a boy.
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