paroemiologistparemiologistn.
/pəˌriːmɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /pəˌrimiˈɑlədʒəst/ A student of or an expert in proverbs and proverb lore.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > study of > collector, student of
proverbialist1709
paroemiographer1823
paroemiologist1861
proverbiologist1893
1861 W. K. Kelly Prov. all Nations (ed. 2) 93 That is all that Scotch parœmiologists condescend to tell us.
1927 Mod. Lang. Notes 42 485 Of great value for the paroemiologist is the abundance of parallels that Professor Tilley has gathered together.
1944 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 65 39 Plainly, the study of these proverbs is valuable not only to the parœmiologist but also to the student of literature.
2000 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 130 93 Paroemiologists have increasingly emphasized the study of proverbs in context.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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