Meaning of lore | Babel Free

Definitions

1. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
   countable, uncountable
2. tradition
3. The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
4. The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
   countable, slang, uncountable
5. The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
6. Trivia shared by a person about themself.
   Internet, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable
7. Workmanship.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 […]”

“He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding.”

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