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countable and uncountable, plural lores
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. quotations examples
He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles;They heare him not, they have forgot his loreBut go which way they list; their guide they have forelore.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
The backstory created around a fictional universe. quotations examples
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.
2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer
(obsolete) Workmanship. quotations
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 […]
plural lores
(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians. quotations examples
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.
2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 40
(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects. examples
(obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose
(obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left" quotations
Neither of them she found where she them lore.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, stanza 44
(obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese