skylore
skylore noun: the study, knowledge, or science of the sky and its apparent components (heavenly bodies, constellations, etc.).
Noun
skylore (usually uncountable, plural skylores)
- The study, knowledge, or science of the sky and its apparent components (heavenly bodies, constellations, etc.).
- Modern astronomy has explained why this part of the sky is so sparsely starred and revealed facts which show that Arcturus is even more distinctive than previously thought. And there is even some twentieth-century skylore about this star.1981 June, Astronomy, →ISSN, skylore, page 35, column 1
- Now, though, for long years now, since Amairgen learned the skylore and founded the Council of the Mages, the power drain in their magic runs only through the mage’s source, and the avarlith is not touched.1984, Guy Gavriel Kay, The Summer Tree, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41
Forms of skylore
| plural | skylores |
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Origin of skylore
From sky + lore.
Questions about skylore
- What does skylore mean?
- Skylore means the study, knowledge, or science of the sky and its apparent components (heavenly bodies, constellations, etc.).
- What part of speech is skylore?
- Skylore is a noun.
- What is the plural of skylore?
- The plural of skylore is skylores.
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