Definition of proverb

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Proverb (n.) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

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Proverb :: Proverb (v. t.) To provide with a proverb.
Byword :: Byword (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.
Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Parody :: Parody (n.) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb..
Proverbialist :: Proverbialist (n.) One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
Maxim :: Maxim (n.) An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
Feather :: Feather (n.) Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species..
Say :: Say (v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
Proverbialism :: Proverbialism (n.) A proverbial phrase.
Proverbialize :: Proverbialize (v. t. & i.) To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..
Adage :: Adage (n.) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb..
Proverb :: Proverb (v. t.) To name in, or as, a proverb..
Proverb :: Proverb (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..
Adagial :: Adagial (a.) Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.
Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..
E-la :: E-la (n.) Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying..
Proverbial :: Proverbial (a.) Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.
Light-o''-love :: Light-o'-love (n.) An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters..
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