proverbiologyEtymologyBy surface analysis, proverb + -i- + -ology.proverbiology means The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounThe study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.“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.”