单词 | paroemiology |
释义 | paroemiologyparemiologyn. The study of proverbs and of proverb lore. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > study of paroemiology1832 1832 Fraser's Mag. 6 501 A faithful historian of the parœmiology of his country. 1885 Academy 26 Sept. 197 The science, which, ‘in all human probability’, some learned German or other has already named Comparative Paroemiology. 1927 Mod. Lang. Notes 42 484 The entire field of English paroemiology is one that has been sadly neglected by scholars. 1971 Computers & Humanities 5 187 The question of classification principles and systems in both international and national paremiology is an important one. 2000 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 130 92 Scholars in the field of paroemiology (the study of proverbs and other wisdom expressions) have produced a substantial body of research. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832 |
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