Definition of Provirbial
Pro*ver"bi*al (?), a. [L.
proverbialis: cf. F. proverbial.] 1.
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence,
commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was
proverbial.
In case of excesses, I take the German
proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the
worst. Sir W. Temple.
2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a
proverb. "A proverbial obscurity." Sir T.
Browne.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb
- widely known; famous
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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