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par(o)emiology
Jul. 27th, 2015 07:56 amparemiology or paroemiology (puh-ree-mai-OL-oh-jee) - n., the study of proverbs.
Including the collection of same, though some segregate the same to paremiography. In some sense a branch of folklore, but it's also something Aristotle treated seriously. The otherwise obscure root is from Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek paroimia, plus the usual -ology, study of.
---L.
Including the collection of same, though some segregate the same to paremiography. In some sense a branch of folklore, but it's also something Aristotle treated seriously. The otherwise obscure root is from Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek paroimia, plus the usual -ology, study of.
---L.
