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PROVERBIAL

Pronunciation (US):

• PROVERBIAL (adjective)
The adjective PROVERBIAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
2. widely known and spoken of

Familiarity information: PROVERBIAL used as an adjective is rare.

• PROVERBIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context examples:

he kicked the proverbial bucket / the proverbial grasshopper

Pertainym:

proverb (a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Widely known and spoken of

Context examples:

her proverbial lateness / the proverbial absentminded professor / your proverbial dizzy blonde

Similar:

known (apprehended with certainty)

"Where there's a will there's a way."
(English proverb)
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."
(Native American proverb, Sioux)
"Dissent and you will be known."
(Arabic proverb)
"Creaking carts last longest."
(Dutch proverb)

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