lore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leys-
Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e
Proto-Germanic *lizaną
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *laizijaną
Proto-Germanic *laizō
Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu
Old English lār
Middle English lore
English lore
From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.
Inflected forms:
form: lores
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the recondite lore of the Ancient Egyptians
He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles; / They heare him not, they have forgot his lore / But go which way they list; their guide they have forelore.
The succession story would get repeated so often that it would turn into Silicon Valley lore.
gloss: The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: Lore documents reveal that she was backstabbed by her subordinate, who wanted to become king, and she feels vengeful about it.
You might have stumbled upon discussions of Bloodborne's lore - there are plenty of discussions about Bloodborne's lore - which can be more than a little dense and, to the outsider, off-putting.
gloss: The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
broadly
countable
slang
uncountable
examples: It's Ashot lore that I used to have a priv where I posted pictures of weird animals I found on the street.
Most new followers don't know about my marching band lore.
gloss: Workmanship.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore, / About the which two serpents weren wound; / Entrayled mutually in lovely lore, / And by the tailes together firmely bound […]
Derived words: angel-lore
beer-lore
birdlore
booklore
catlore
childlore
Cokelore
computerlore
copylore
deathlore
demonlore
devil-lore
doglore
dragonlore
druglore
earthlore
elflore
fairylore
fanlore
faxlore
fieldlore
filmlore
fishlore
flaglore
folklore
fowl-lore
ghostlore
giantlore
godlore
hairlore
herblore
horselore
kenlore
laborlore
lakelore
lifelore
lorefather
loreless
loremaster
loremistress
loric
loring
lovelore
mislore
movielore
netlore
ocean-lore
photocopylore
plantlore
playlore
runelore
scarelore
sealore
sexlore
skylore
soundlore
spacelore
speechlore
starlore
stonelore
storylore
timelore
weatherlore
whalelore
winelore
woodlore
wordlore
wortlore
xeroxlore
loreal
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: univers
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 設定 /设定
roman: shèdìng
lang: Finnish
word: taustatarina
lang: French
word: univers
lang: French
word: lore
lang: German
word: Saga
lang: German
word: Hintergrund
lang: Russian
word: лор
roman: lor
lang: Russian
word: преда́ние
roman: predánije
lang: Spanish
word: leyenda
lang: Spanish
word: acervo
lang: Spanish
word: mitología
lang: Spanish
word: etnografía
lang: Spanish
word: logía
lang: Spanish
word: raigambre
lang: Spanish
word: demosofía
lang: Swedish
word: saga
lang: Ukrainian
word: лор
roman: lor