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lore | proverbiology |

As an adjective lore

is their.

As a noun proverbiology is

(rare) the study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.

lore

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lore, from (etyl) '', German ''Lehre . See also (l).

Noun

  • all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
    • the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
  • * Milton
    • His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore .
  • The backstory created around a fictional universe.
  • (obsolete) workmanship
    • (Spenser)
    Derived terms
    * birdlore * booklore * catlore * doglore * faxlore * fishlore * folklore * photocopylore * woodlore * wortlore * xeroxlore

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
  • (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
    • Derived terms
    * lored

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (lose)
  • * Spenser
    • Neither of them she found where she them lore .

    Anagrams

    * ----

    proverbiology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.
  • * 1880 , J. Long, "Proverbs: English and Keltic, with Their Eastern Relations," The Folk-Lore Record , vol. 3, no. 1, p. 59:
    • As the English language is best studied by the light thrown on it by comparative philology, and as a knowledge of human anatomy is greatly aided by the discoveries in the comparative anatomy of animals, so must English Proverbiology' by assisted by the light reflected from comparative ' Proverbiology .
  • * 1989 , R. V. Teschner, "Reviews of A Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs'' by Mark Glazer," ''Hispania , vol. 72, no. 1, p. 150:
    • Is the DMAP [Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs ] intended as a comparative Chicano proverbiology ?

    Derived terms

    * proverbiologist

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.