proverbiology

Noun

proverbiology (uncountable)

1. (rare) 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 anatomy of animals, so must English Proverbiology by assisted by the light reflected from comparative Proverbiology.1880, J. Long, “Proverbs: English and Keltic, with Their Eastern Relations”, in The Folk-Lore Record, volume 3, number 1, page 59
   • Is the DMAP [Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs] intended as a comparative Chicano proverbiology?1989, R. V. Teschner, “Reviews of A Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs by Mark Glazer”, in Hispania, volume 72, number 1, page 150