paremiography en · NOUN
Etymology
From paremia + -o- + -graphy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| parœmiography | alternative | lexicographic | |
| paroemiography | alternative | lexicographic |