proverbiology

proverbiology
The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.

As the English language is best studied by the light thrown on it by comparative philology, and as a knowledge of human anatomy is greatly aided by the discoveries in the comparative anatomy of animals, so must English Proverbiology by assisted by the light reflected from comparative Proverbiology.


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  • proverbiology — …   Useful english dictionary

  • proverbiologist — noun A person who studies proverbs. The proverbiologist uses syntactic, dialectal, metric, or linguistic aspects of the proverb to study its origin, spread, and evolution. See Also: proverbiology …   Wiktionary

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