PROVERBIAL
\pɹəvˈɜːbɪəl], \pɹəvˈɜːbɪəl], \p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈɜː_b_ɪ__ə_l]\
Definitions of PROVERBIAL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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Well-known; notorious.
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Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
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By James Champlin Fernald
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Pertaining to, mentioned in, or like, a short, familiar, wise saying; widely spoken of; as, her kindness is proverbial.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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