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booklore

The English word “booklore” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Factual information concerning books, for example regarding such matters as authors and the history of publication and printing.
  2. Synonym of book-learning.

Etymology

From Middle English boclore, from Old English bōclār (“booklore, learning”), equivalent to book + lore.

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