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proverbiologist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English proverbiology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English proverbiologist From proverbiology + -ist.

Meanings

  1. (rare) A person who studies proverbs.
    • The proverbiologist uses syntactic, dialectal, metric, or linguistic aspects of the proverb to study its origin, spread, and evolution. 1976, Dale Boesky, “Proverbs and Psychoanalysis,”, in Psychoanalytic Quarterly, volume 45, page 539:

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proverbiology