Sekirov Dictionary

proverb

UK /ˈpɹɒvɜːb/US /ˈpɹɑˌvɝb/

noun 5
verb 3
forms 3

noun5

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A commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.
- As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet? — 2007
(no longer used) Any commonly used turn of phrase expressing a metaphor, simile, or descriptive epithet.
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(no longer used) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
- His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. — 1611
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(no longer used) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
- Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations. — 1611
(no longer used) A drama exemplifying a proverb.

verb3

To write or utter proverbs.
•
To name in, or as, a proverb.
- Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?" — 1671
•
To provide with a proverb.
- I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. — 1591

forms

proverbed · proverbing · proverbs

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