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paremiography

paremiography noun: the collecting of proverbs.

Noun

paremiography (uncountable)

  1. The collecting of proverbs.
    • […] with Gyula Paczolay's magisterial collection of European Proverbs in 55 languages (1997) being the magnum opus of modern comparative paremiography.2008, Wolfgang Mieder, Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 233

Forms of paremiography

alternative formparoemiography
alternative formparœmiography

Origin of paremiography

From paremia + -o- + -graphy.

Questions about paremiography

What does paremiography mean?
Paremiography means the collecting of proverbs.
What part of speech is paremiography?
Paremiography is a noun.

Words near paremiography in the dictionary

  1. parembole
  2. paremboles
  3. paremiographer
  4. paremiographers
  5. paremiographic
  6. paremiography
  7. paremiological
  8. paremiologically
  9. paremiologist
  10. paremiologists
  11. paremiology

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