单词 | proverbiology |
释义 | proverbiologyn. Now rare. The study of proverbs. Also: proverbs collectively. Cf. paroemiology n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > collectively paroemiography1818 proverbiology1868 1868 Q. Rev. July 243 The richness of Spanish proverbiology is like ‘good wine that needs no bush!’ 1880 Folk-lore Rec. 3 59 As the English language is best studied by the light thrown on it by comparative philology..so must English Proverbiology be assisted by the light reflected from comparative Proverbiology. 1887 T. K. Cheyne Job & Solomon 132 Choice specimens of Hebrew proverbiology. 1989 Hispania 72 150/2 Is the DMAP [sc. Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs] intended as comparative Chicano proverbiology..or as a compilation of comparative hispanophone proverbs? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868 |
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