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单词 paroemiography
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paroemiographyparemiographyn.

Brit. /pəˌriːmɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /pəˌrimiˈɑɡrəfi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paroemia n., -ography comb. form.
Etymology: < paroemia n. + -ography comb. form. Compare slightly later paroemiographer n.
The writing or collecting of proverbs; (also) a collection or book of proverbs.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > collectively
paroemiography1818
proverbiology1868
1818 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 46 404 It seems to have been the model of the Parœmiography of Howell.
1922 Classical Philol. 17 40 The verses have moved in the direction of colorless paroemiography.
1989 Eng. Today Oct. 55/1 (heading) A comparative paroemiography. Jerzy Gluski, Proverbs: A Comparative Book of English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian proverbs with a Latin Appendix.
1996 Oxf. Classical Dict. 1115/2 Paroemiography, or the making of collections of proverbs for specific purposes, may be said to have begun with Aristotle.
2000 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 130 90 On modern paroemiography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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