paremiography

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noun

The collecting of proverbs.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounparemiography (uncountable)

alternative paroemiography · alternative parœmiography

  1. uncountableThe 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

Origin

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APA

paremiography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paremiography

MLA

“paremiography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paremiography. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paremiography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paremiography.

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