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Definition of Proverb

1. Noun. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

Definition of Proverb

1. n. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.

2. v. t. To name in, or as, a proverb.

3. v. i. To write or utter proverbs.

Definition of Proverb

1. Noun. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proverb

1. to make a byword of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proverb

Literary usage of Proverb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1835)
"is another Greek proverb, applied to a person ruined by his own neglect. The fate of an eminent person perpetuated the expression which he casually employed ..."

2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1893)
"The philosophical antiquary may often discover how many a proverb ... But the proverb is historical. The Spaniards of Old Castile were compelled to pay an ..."

3. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1854)
"26,) and Don Adolfo in the note on it (L) informs us, that, " in the same way in whieh this proverb is here used by Cervantes, it is to be seen in the Conde ..."

4. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1835)
"The philosophical antiquary may often discover how manya proverb commemorates an event which has escaped from the more solemn monuments of history, ..."

5. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The effects of association are pointed out in the familiar proverb, ... Comparisons are odious, a proverb found in the folk-literature of most European ..."

6. Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character Illustrated by Isaac Disraeli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1846)
"t* another Greek proverb, applied to a person ruined by his own neglect. The fate of an eminent person perpetuated the expression which he casually employed ..."

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