lore
noun
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Pronunciation: /lɔː/ / /loɹ/ / /lo(ː)ɹ/
noun
Etymology: From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”).
- The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
“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.”
- The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
verb
- simple past and past participle of lose
- simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
“Neither of them she found where she them lore.”
- simple past and past participle of lese