lore
/loɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /loɹ/
- British English: /lɔː/