proverbiology

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, proverb + -i- + -ology.

1. The 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.”

   “Is the DMAP [Dictionary of Mexican American Proverbs] intended as a comparative Chicano proverbiology?”