wordlore
nounEtymology From word + lore. Compare Old English wordlār (“verbal teaching or instruction”).
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Uncommon The science, study, or knowledge of words.
- Morris mastered the secrets of English wordlore as much better than Shakespeare as the manifold development of the science of language (speechlore) natually enabled him to do.1910, Ruth Sawyer, Poet lore:
- Alcohol wordlore and folklore: Being a compendium of linguistic and social fact and fantasy associated with the use […]1989, American Psychological Association, Psyc books: Volume 2:
- Related terms
- wordbook, word lover