fairylore

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noun

The knowledge, study, history, or lore of fairies.

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Meanings

nounfairylore (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe knowledge, study, history, or lore of fairies.

    We have already contributed, in the form of tales and notes, to the Irish Fairy Legends almost every thing we know respecting the Fairy lore of this country.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 177

Origin

From fairy + lore.

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Chicago

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