paramiographer

Noun

paramiographer (plural paramiographers)

1. (rare) A collector or writer of proverbs.
   • A collection of Danish proverbs, accompanied by a French translation, was printed at Copenhagen, in a quarto volume, 1761. England may boast of no inferior paramiographers. The grave and judicious Camden, the religious Herbert, the entertaining Howel, the facetious Fuller, and the laborious Ray...1835, I[saac] D'Israeli, “The Philosophy of Proverbs”, in Curiosities of Literature (Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors; 75), volume 3, Paris: Baudry's European Library, page 64
   • Metaphor is regarded as the most important and wide spread figure of speech in poetry and proverbs. It is an imaginary comparison of one thing or idea or action rather than direct statement. Indeed paramiographers believe that all proverbs are metaphorical.2009 April, C. Arinola Akinmade, “Figures of Association and Sound in some Nigerian Proverbs: Examples from Ondo Culture”, in African Research Review, volume 3, number 3, →ISSN, page 124