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scarelore

scarelore noun: a kind of folklore comprising stories intended to frighten the reader or listener.

Noun

scarelore (uncountable)

  1. A kind of folklore comprising stories intended to frighten the reader or listener.

Origin of scarelore

From scare + lore.

Questions about scarelore

What does scarelore mean?
Scarelore means a kind of folklore comprising stories intended to frighten the reader or listener.
What part of speech is scarelore?
Scarelore is a noun.

Words near scarelore in the dictionary

  1. scarehead
  2. scareheaded
  3. scareheading
  4. scareheads
  5. scareless
  6. scarelore
  7. scaremonger
  8. scaremongered
  9. scaremongerer
  10. scaremongerers
  11. scaremongering

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