proverbiology

proverbiology

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • proverbiology — noun 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… …   Wiktionary

  • 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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