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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.

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Well-known; notorious.
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Well-known; notorious.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Pertaining to, mentioned in, or like, a short, familiar, wise saying; widely spoken of; as, her kindness is proverbial.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Pertaining to proverbs: mentioned in or resembling a proverb: widely spoken of.
PROVERBIALLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

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