Lore Definition

lôr

noun

A teaching or being taught; instruction.

Webster's New World

Something taught.

Webster's New World

Knowledge or learning; specif., all the knowledge of a particular group or having to do with a particular subject, esp. that of a traditional nature.

Webster's New World

The space between the eye and the upper edge of the bill of a bird or between the eye and the nostril of a snake or fish.

Webster's New World

The backstory created around a fictional universe.

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verb

(obsolete) Past tense of lose.

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Origin of Lore

From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from West Germanic *laizā, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijanÄ… (“to teach"). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre. See also learn.

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Middle English from Old English lār leis-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin lorum (“thong, strap")

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Latin lōrum thong

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition