What does paramiographer mean?
Paramiographer means (rare) A collector or writer of proverbs..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) A collector or writer of proverbs..
A collection of Danish proverbs, accompanied by a French translation, was printed at Copenhagen, in a quarto volume, 1761. England may boast of no inferior paramiographers. The grave and judicious Camden, the religious Herbert, the entertaining Howel, the facetious Fuller, and the laborious Ray, with others, have preserved our national sayings.
Metaphor is regarded as the most important and wide spread figure of speech in poetry and proverbs. It is an imaginary comparison of one thing or idea or action rather than direct statement. Indeed paramiographers believe that all proverbs are metaphorical.
Nowadays paramiographers take interest in this genre not only in the English language but also in other languages. Exemplarily, an authoritative researcher Anna T. Litovkina also studies Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs in tandem with R. Vargha (Katalin Vargha) and D. Boronkai (Dora Boronkai).
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Paramiographer means (rare) A collector or writer of proverbs..
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A collection of Danish proverbs, accompanied by a French translation, was printed at Copenhagen, in a quarto volume, 1761. England may boast of no inferior paramiographers. The grave and judicious Camden, the religious Herbert, the entertaining Howel, the facetious Fuller, and the laborious Ray, with others, have preserved our national sayings.
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