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PROVERBIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely known and spoken of
Example:
your proverbial dizzy blonde
Classified under:
Similar:
known (apprehended with certainty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
Example:
the proverbial grasshopper
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
proverb (a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people)
Derivation:
proverb (a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people)
