loremaster means A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient poetry and possibly magic as well; A scholar. It carries an Arena rating of 1665, earned across 102 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, loremaster ranks #1,196 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,780 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,701 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #4,858 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
loremaster is pronounced /ˈlɔɹ.mæ.stɚ/.
Why “loremaster” is a great word
LOREMASTER — [Noun] A scholar or wise person possessing deep knowledge of traditional stories, history, or esoteric subjects. From the English words 'lore' ("traditional knowledge or learning") + 'master' ("one in control or possessing great skill"), possibly a learned borrowing or calque of the Middle English 'lore maistir' ("teacher of knowledge"). Unlike a historian, who interprets documented records, or a sage, who embodies philosophical wisdom, a loremaster is the living archive of a culture's unrecorded soul—the low voice recounting genealogies by firelight, the hand that traces the worn sigils on a standing stone, the memory that holds the true name of a river now called by another. It is the guardian against the entropy of memory, holding the fraying thread between the present and a past that was never written down.
Etymology
From lore + master, possibly a learned borrowing from Middle English or calque of Middle English lore maistir (“teacher of knowledge”).
noun
- A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient poetry and possibly magic as well; A scholar.e.g.“The beginnings lie back in the Black Years, which only the lore-masters now remember.” — 1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “The Shadow of the Past”, in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published Septe
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