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lifelore

lifelore noun: the knowledge of life or life experiences; wisdom.

Noun

lifelore (uncountable)

  1. The knowledge of life or life experiences; wisdom.
    • For who is he that shall hinder thee from being good and simple?" Full of high and pure religious thoughts and beautiful lifelore is this sage, [...]1891, James Vila Blake, Happiness from Thoughts and other Sermons
    • The heritage of a language lies in its lifelore and literature.1981, Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, Shanmuga Velayutham Subramanian, Na Kaṭikācalam, Literary heritage of the Tamils
  2. (archaic or puristic) The study of life; biology.
    • The students of Biology, or, in simple English, of "Life-Lore,” will find matter of the highest interest in many of the papers read at the recent meetings of the British Medical Association at Glasgow.1889, Life Lore, volume 1, page 110
    • If we use the term Biology, in its widest sense of Life-lore, to include all the results of the scientific study of living creatures, we must admit that it had its foundations in antiquity.1899, John Arthur Thomson, The Science of Life

Examples of lifelore in a sentence

  • It may be useful to teachers to point out that the naturalist asks four chief questions — the answers to which, all very imperfect, are unified into a science of lifelore or biology.1909, John Bretland Farmer, The book of nature study: Volume 1:
  • How can you even stand before me and pretend to know anything about Lifelore?” asked Uncle Ap Oka, referring to the art of creating life.2010, Lun, Wars of Times: The Gods of Time:

Forms of lifelore

alternative formlife-lore
alternative formlife lore

Origin of lifelore

From life + lore (“learning, knowledge”).

Questions about lifelore

What does lifelore mean?
Lifelore means the knowledge of life or life experiences; wisdom.
How do you use lifelore in a sentence?
It may be useful to teachers to point out that the naturalist asks four chief questions — the answers to which, all very imperfect, are unified into a science of lifelore or biology.
What part of speech is lifelore?
Lifelore is a noun.

Words near lifelore in the dictionary

  1. lifeloggers
  2. lifelogging
  3. lifelogs
  4. lifelong
  5. lifelongness
  6. lifelore
  7. lifely
  8. lifeman
  9. lifemanship
  10. lifemate
  11. lifemates

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