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lore-wise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
lore--wise
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In terms of lore, canonically.

Etymology

Etymology tree English lore Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English lore-wise From lore + -wise.

Inflected Forms

more lore-wise (comparative) most lore-wise (superlative) lore wise (alternative) lorewise (alternative)

Questions

What does lore-wise mean?
In terms of lore, canonically.
Where does lore-wise come from?
Etymology tree English lore Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English lore-wise From lore + -wise.

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