Proverbiology
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs. rare, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From proverb + -ology.
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