- proverbiology
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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