lore

Definitions


[lɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth
(e.g: the jinns of Arabian lore)


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Origin:
Old English lār ‘instruction’, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch leer, German Lehre, also to learn


[lɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the surface on each side of a bird's head between the eye and the upper base of the beak, or between the eye and nostril in snakes


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Origin:
early 19th century: from Latin lorum ‘strap’




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